vesture Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun something that covers or cloaks like a garment
- fields in a vesture of green
noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
habiliment; wear; clothing; wearable; article of clothing.
verb provide or cover with a cloak

OF. vesture, vesteure, F. vêture, LL. vestitura, from L. vestire to clothe, dress. See Vest, v. t., and cf. Vestiture.

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.
(O. Eng. Law) (a) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre. (b) Seizin; possession.