[ad. L. vestiāri-us: see prec. and -ARY1. Cf. obs. F. vestiaire (Littré).] Of, pertaining or relating to, clothes or dress.
1622. E. Misselden, Free Trade (ed. 2), 109. The Superfluity of other Commodities may bee restrained by lawes Vestiary and Sumptuary.
1648. Bp. Hall, Select Th., § 93. 271. Some are for manuary trades,… another for Vestiary services.
1829. Blackw. Mag., XXV. 346. The soul may remain the same, but a new body is actually given to it by the interposition of vestiary talent.
1866. R. Chambers, Ess., Ser. II. 113. A collection of vestiary curiosities.
1870. W. R. Greg, Polit. Problems, 167. Some vestiary materials have become more abundant and lower in price.
1891. Hannah Lynch, G. Meredith, 78. We learn of vestiary elegances, and temper.
