Ves"ture (?; 135), n. [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.
Ves"ture (?; 135), n. [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.
