vestock

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English

Etymology

Blend of vest +‎ stock

Noun

vestock (plural vestocks)

  1. A long clerical stock (piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar) that reaches the waist.
    • 2017, George Pitcher, A Dark Nativity:
      Dean wore his crushed silk vestock and starched linen collar, somewhat presumptuously with a large pectoral cross, made of nails.