vestock

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.