Vĕst’ment, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. vestement, N. Fr. vêtement, Pr. vestiment, vestimen, Sp. & It. vestimento, Lat. vestimentum, from vestire, to clothe, from vestis, a garment, clothing. See VEST.] A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress; an article of dress; a dress; a robe. “Priests in holy vestments.” Shak.

The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of the persons represented. Dryden.