Category:Vesture

Ves"ture, n. Etym: [of. vesture, vesteure, f. vêture, 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.