Vēst'ūre, n.
(vĕst'yūr, 53), n. [O. Fr. vesture, vesture, It. vestura, vestitura, Pr., Sp., & Pg. vestidura, L. Lat. vestitura, from Lat. vestire, to clothe, dress.]
Sense 1. A garment; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; habit; covering; envelope. “And kiss her sacred vesture’s hem.” Milton. “Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a vesture of plants.” Bentley.
Their polished chests embroidered vesture graced. Pope.
Sense 2. (Law.) The corn with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
Sense 3. Seizin; possession. [Obs.]