vert

[ vurt ]
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noun
  1. English Forest Law.

    • vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.

    • the right to cut such vegetation.

  2. Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.

adjective
  1. Heraldry. of the tincture green: a lion vert.

Origin of vert

1
1400–50; late Middle English verte<Anglo-French, Middle French vert, verd<Latin viridis green, equivalent to vir(ēre) to be green + -idis, apparently irregular for -idus-id4

Other definitions for vert. (2 of 2)

vert.

abbreviation
  1. vertical.

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British Dictionary definitions for vert (1 of 2)

vert

/ (vɜːt) /


noun
  1. English legal history

    • the right to cut green wood in a forest

    • the wood itself

  2. heraldry

    • the colour green

    • (as adjective, usually postpositive): a table vert

Origin of vert

1
C15: from Old French verd, from Latin viridis green, from virēre to grow green

British Dictionary definitions for vert. (2 of 2)

vert.

abbreviation for
  1. vertical

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