vesture Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that covers or cloaks like a garment
    • fields in a vesture of green
  2. noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
    habiliment; wear; clothing; wearable; article of clothing.
  3. verb provide or cover with a cloak

WordNet


Ves"ture noun
Etymology
OF. vesture, vesteure, F. vêture, LL. vestitura, from L. vestire to clothe, dress. See Vest, v. t., and cf. Vestiture.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913