VESTURE

clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment

(noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person’s body

vesture

(noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment; “fields in a vesture of green”

vesture

(verb) provide or cover with a cloak

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vesture (plural vestures)

A covering of, or like, clothing.

Verb

vesture (third-person singular simple present vestures, present participle vesturing, simple past and past participle vestured)

(archaic) To clothe.

Anagrams

• revestu, versute, vertues

Source: Wiktionary


Ves"ture, n. Etym: [OF. vesture, vesteure, F. vĂŞture, LL. vestitura, from L. vestire to clothe, dress. See Vest, v. t., and cf. Vestiture.]

1. A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope. Piers Plowman. Approach, and kiss her sacred vesture's hem. Milton. Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a vesture of plants. Bentley. There polished chests embroidered vestures graced. Pope.

2. (O. Eng. Law) (a) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre. (b) Seizin; possession.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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