Vesture
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
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."
- 2 a covering designed to be worn on a person's body wordnet
- 3 something that covers or cloaks like a garment wordnet
- 1 To clothe. archaic
- 2 provide or cover with a cloak wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
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”).
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