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vestock

vestock noun: a long clerical stock (piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar) that reaches the waist.

Noun

vestock (plural vestocks)

  1. A long clerical stock (piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar) that reaches the waist.
    • Dean wore his crushed silk vestock and starched linen collar, somewhat presumptuously with a large pectoral cross, made of nails.2017, George Pitcher, A Dark Nativity

Forms of vestock

pluralvestocks

Origin of vestock

Blend of vest + stock.

Questions about vestock

What does vestock mean?
Vestock means a long clerical stock (piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar) that reaches the waist.
What part of speech is vestock?
Vestock is a noun.
What is the plural of vestock?
The plural of vestock is vestocks.

Words near vestock in the dictionary

  1. vestlike
  2. vestment
  3. vestmental
  4. vestmented
  5. vestments
  6. vestock
  7. vestocks
  8. vestoid
  9. vestoids
  10. Vestorian blue
  11. vestpocket

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