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vestures

vestures is the plural of vesture.

Meaning of vesture

Noun

vesture (plural vestures)

  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.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

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Questions about vestures

What is vestures the plural of?
Vestures is the plural of vesture.

Words near vestures in the dictionary

  1. vestural
  2. vesture
  3. vestured
  4. vesturer
  5. vesturers
  6. vestures
  7. vesturing
  8. Vesuvian
  9. Vesuvian jade
  10. vesuvianite
  11. vesuvianite jade

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