Vest"ment (?), n. [OE. vestement, vestiment, OF. vestement, vestiment, F. vetement, fr. L. vestimentum, fr. vestire to clothe, fr. vestis a garment, clothing. See Vest.]
A covering or garment; some part of clothing or dress; specifically Eccl., any priestly garment.
"Royal
vestiment."
Chaucer. "Priests in holy
vestments."
Shak.
The sculptor could not give vestments suitable to the quality of the persons represented.
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.