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vesture

noun /ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/

  1. A covering of, or like, clothing.

    His broad-brim was placed beside him; his legs were stiffly crossed; his drab vesture was buttoned up to his chin; and spectacles on nose, he seemed absorbed in reading from a ponderous volume.

Where it comes from

From Middle English vesture (noun) and vesturen (verb), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French vesteüre, from Vulgar Latin vestītūra (“clothing”), from Latin vestītus, perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to clothe”), from vestis (“garment”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry vesture (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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