Pos"tur*al (?; 135), a. Of or pertaining to posture.
Pos"ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to
place. See Position.] 1. The position of the body; the situation or
disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each
other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the
position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by
which action is expressed; attitude.
Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . .
one would have sworn the very picture had run.
Sir P. Sidney.
In most strange postures We have seen him set himself.
Shak.
The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in
the performance of such or such an action.
Dryden.