vesture

noun
/ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English vesture (noun) and vesturen (verb), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French vesteüre, from Vulgar Latin vestītūra (“clothing”), from Latin vestītus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe”), from vestis (“garment”).

  1. derived from vestītus
  2. derived from vestītūra
  3. derived from vesteure
  4. inherited from vesture

Definitions

  1. A covering of, or like, clothing.

    • His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume.
    • It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
  2. To clothe.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA