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vesture

N เสื้อผ้า  เสื้อคลุม  เสื้อคลุม ใน พิธี  สิ่ง ปกคลุม  suea-pa

 

vesture

VT ปกคลุม  cover clothe pok-klum

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VESTURE

n.[See Vest. ] 1. A garment; a robe.
There polish'd chests embroider'd vesture grac'd.
2. Dress; garments in general; habit; clothing; vestment; as the vesture of priests.
3. Clothing; covering.
Rocks, precipices and gulfs appareled with a vesture of plants.
- And gild the humble vestures of the plain.
4. In old law books, the corn with which land was covered; as the vesture of an acre.
5. In old books, seisin; possession. Obs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VESTURE

Ves "ture, n. Etym: [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.

 

VESTURED

VESTURED Ves "tured, a.

 

Defn: Covered with vesture or garments; clothed; enveloped. We be vestured with poor cloth. Ld. Berners.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vesture

ves ture |ˈvesCHər ˈvɛstʃər | noun literary clothing; dress: a man garbed in ancient vesture. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin vestire clothe.

 

Oxford Dictionary

vesture

ves |ture |ˈvɛstʃə | noun [ mass noun ] literary clothing; dress: a man garbed in ancient vesture. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin vestire clothe .