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1[ vurt ]
noun
- 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.
- Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.
adjective
- Heraldry. of the tincture green:
a lion vert.
vert.
2abbreviation for
- vertical.
vert.
1abbreviation for
- vertical
vert
2/ vɜːt /
noun
- English legal history
- the right to cut green wood in a forest
- the wood itself
- heraldry
- the colour green
- ( as adjective, usually postpositive )
a table vert
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Origin of vert1
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Example Sentences
The tiny creatures “drop the vert ramp” and do extreme stunts in a tiny skate park built by Willmott.
Claude de Vert died; he devoted much attention to the ceremonies of the church of Rome, of which he wrote a history.
A lizard (as supposed) vert, escaping from the trunk of an old tree, proper.
When he got back to the Le Vert House with his unpleasant discovery he was burning like a furnace.
It is always a good thing in life to be able to become un beau vert, even though the colour should not quite suit you.
At my request, two detectives lived and slept at Vert-Logis.
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