† ˈcoiture Obs.
[f. L. type *coitūra, f. coit-: see coition, and -ure.]
1. A coming or meeting together, conjunction.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man v. 83 This elegant coiture of the braunches is made like halfe a circle. 1601 R. Dolman tr. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. iii. (1618) 849 The greene Emeraud..sometimes happeneth to breake euen in the act of coiture. |
2. = coition 2.
| 1574 Newton Health Mag. 72 Daungers which much coiture and carnalitie bringeth. 1615 G. Sandys Trav. ii. 102 This [date] tree..doth not fructifie, but by coiture. 1646 G. Daniel Poems Wks. 1878 I. 89 To see that pure fflame fall, a prostitute; And Coiture of Ruffians, cause her ffruite. |