1. vesture - Noun
2. vesture - Verb
A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.
The corn, grass, underwood, stubble, etc., with which land was covered; as, the vesture of an acre.
Seizin; possession.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn latter years, this vesture was more symbolic than practical, and since the mid-twentieth century it has fallen out of favour. Source: Internet
The history behind the vesture is that it symbolically represents the mobility of bishops and archdeacons, who at one time would ride horses to visit various parts of a diocese or archdeaconry. Source: Internet