'Vesture' definitions:
Definition of 'vesture'
From: WordNet
noun
Something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a vesture of green"
noun
A covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment]
verb
Provide or cover with a cloak
Definition of 'Vesture'
From: GCIDE
- Vesture \Ves"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. vesture, vesteure, F. v[^e]ture, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Approach, and kiss her sacred vesture's hem. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a vesture of plants. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- There polished chests embroidered vestures graced. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]