a. [f. VEST sb.] Having no vest; lacking a vest.
1888. Daily News, 28 Sept., 5/3. The plucky clergyman pursued the vestless burglar. Ibid. (1891), 29 April, 7/1. Bodices are often vestless now.
fig. Naked.
1776. Town & Country Mag., VIII. Oct., 544/1.
| Coy Nature whom th’ obsequious nine attend, | |
| (Unsafe they wander if without a friend) | |
| Led the gay train, and void of caution gave, | |
| Her vestless beauties to the trembling wave. |
