settings
Les Misérables vocabulary
14 archaic vocabulary words
help & settings
[x]
-
vesture
-
synonyms: togs,habiliments, raiments, toggery, array ???
tags: [archaic]
► definition
Definition:clothing
► uses
Uses:
In the year 1880, Dr Hacks, who makes, I believe, no attempt to conceal himself under the vesture of Dr Bataille, was a ship’s surgeon on board the steam-boat Anadyr, belonging to the Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, and then returning from China with passengers and merchandise.
Arthur Edward Waite. Devil-Worship in France (1896)
---
MAM. Madam, with your pardon,
I kiss your vesture.
DOL. Sir, I were uncivil
If I would suffer that; my lip to you, sir.
Ben Jonson. The Alchemist (1610)
help with search