Vesture Definition

vĕschər
vestured, vestures, vesturing
noun
vestures
Clothing; garments; apparel.
Webster's New World
Something that covers or cloaks.
Hills in a vesture of mist.
American Heritage
A covering; wrapper.
Webster's New World
Everything growing on land except trees, as grass or grain.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
vestured, vestures
To cover; clothe.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vesture

Noun

Singular:
vesture
Plural:
vestures

Origin of Vesture

  • Middle English, from Old French vesteure, from Vulgar Latin vestitura (“clothing"), from Latin vestitus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe"), from vestis (“garment").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Vulgar Latin vestītūra from Latin vestītus past participle of vestīre to clothe from vestis garment vest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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