vecture
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vettura and voiture.
Noun
vecture
- (obsolete) The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 84:
- the Vecture or Carriage
Further reading
- “vecture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Participle
vectūre
- vocative masculine singular of vectūrus