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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ves·ture /ˈvɛsʧɚ/
 衣服,衣裳,覆蓋(vt.)給穿衣服,籠罩

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ves·ture n.
 1. A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
    Approach, and kiss her sacred vesture's hem.   --Milton.
    Rocks, precipices, and gulfs, appareled with a vesture of plants.   --Bentley.
    There polished chests embroidered vestures graced.   --Pope.
 2. O. Eng. Law (a) The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.  (b) Seizin; possession.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 vesture
      n 1: something that covers or cloaks like a garment; "fields in a
           vesture of green"
      2: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing,
          article of clothing, wear]
      v : provide or cover with a cloak