vestural, a.
(ˈvɛstjʊərəl)
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to vesture or clothing; vestiary.
| 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. i. i, How, then, comes it..that the grand Tissue of all Tissues..should have been quite overlooked by Science,—the vestural Tissue, namely, of woollen or other cloth? 1883 Times 13 Nov. 9/3 Vestural adornments less suited to military purposes than to a masquerade. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. ii. 17 His vestural advantages..are what I grudge a man sole possession of. |