vesting

[ ves-ting ]

noun

cloth that is usually of medium or heavy weight and has figures or ridges, as piqué, jacquard, dobby silk, or Bedford cord, originally used for decorative vests and now also for a variety of other garments.
the granting to an eligible employee of the right to specified pension benefits, regardless of discontinued employment status, usually after a fixed period of employment.

Origin of vesting

1805–15; vest (noun) + -ing¹

A bill brought into the English parliament vesting in the crown all the property of the monastic institutions.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
Aristotle dissents from Plato on the point of always vesting the governing functions in the same hands.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) | George Grote
The rule with respect to the vesting of legacies payable out of real estate is somewhat different.
The Curiosities and Law of Wills | John Proffatt
The responsibility of vesting any man or any woman with such power was immense.
Great Ralegh | Hugh De Selincourt
Nature's resplendent robe; without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt in gloom.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou

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