vesture : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vesture	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vesture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vesture n something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a vesture of green" a covering designed to be worn on a person's body Synonym(s): clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment v provide or cover with a cloak
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vesture \Ves"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. vesture, vesteure, F. v[88]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. 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.