A touching article or tract (4)
I believe the answer is:
area
'tract' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a touching article' is the wordplay.
'touching' becomes 're' (I've seen this in other clues).
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'a'+'re'+'a'='AREA'
'or' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for area that I've seen before include "Region, space" , "Expanse of a surface" , "Field of activity or surface" , "part of town" , "land" .)