vesture
/ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/noun
vesture is a noun meaning “A covering of, or like, clothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-S-T-U-R-E, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vesture is vestures.
What does vesture mean?
noun
- 1
A covering of, or like, clothing.
verb
- 1
archaicTo clothe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vesture?
- /ˈvɛst͡ʃə(ɹ)/
- /ˈvɛstjʊə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vesture.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vesture
- vestures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- vesturing participle, present
- vestured participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vesture?
Vesture appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vesture come 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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).