Flĕx'ûre, n.

(flĕk'shur), n. [Lat. flexura, Sp. flexura, It. flexura.] 1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Will it give place to flexure and low bending? Shak. 2. A turn; a bend; a fold. Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. British Quarterly.