Vert
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise. countable, uncountable
"The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain."
- 2 In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition. colloquial
- 3 Vertebrate. informal
- 4 Vertex. informal
- 5 Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer. archaic, countable, uncountable
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- 6 A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
- 7 The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest. archaic, countable, uncountable
"“I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”"
- 1 To turn. archaic, literary
"Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe."
- 1 In blazon, of the colour green. not-comparable
- 2 Abbreviation of vertical. abbreviation, alt-of
Example
More examples"The family crest features a lion on a field of vert."
Etymology
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
Abbreviation of vertical.
Abbreviation of vertebrate.
From Latin vertere (“to turn, overturn”).
Abbreviation of vertex.
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