vestock

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noun

A long clerical stock (piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar) that reaches the waist.

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Meanings

nounvestock (plural vestocks)

plural vestocks

  1. A long clerical stock (piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar) that reaches the waist.

    Dean wore his crushed silk vestock and starched linen collar, somewhat presumptuously with a large pectoral cross, made of nails.

    2017, George Pitcher, A Dark Nativity

Origin

Blend of vest + stock.

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APA

vestock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestock

MLA

“vestock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vestock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestock.

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