Vesture










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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.
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Approach, and kiss her sacred vesture's hem.
--Milton.
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Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a
vesture of plants. --Bentley.
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There polished chests embroidered vestures graced.
--Pope.
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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.
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vesture
n 1: something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in
a vesture of green"

2: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn:
clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear,
wearable, habiliment]
v 1: provide or cover with a cloak
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vesture [vestʃər]
Gewand

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vesture

Gewand n; Kleidung f

Vesture related
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