vert
vert
1 American
[vurt]
/ vɜrt /
noun
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English Forest Law.
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vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
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the right to cut such vegetation.
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Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.
adjective
vert.
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abbreviation
vert
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British
/ vɜːt /
noun
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English legal history
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the right to cut green wood in a forest
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the wood itself
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heraldry
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the colour green
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( as adjective, usually postpositive )
a table vert
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vert.
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abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of vert
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 -id 4
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His elegant “H”-line of 1954, for instance, was a nod to the humble haricot vert, or green bean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
At the beginning of the decade, the sport’s popularity had reached a nadir — particularly vert skating, in which riders performed gravity-defying tricks as they launched off ramps and half-pipes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2024
Brown's fall-free run included a handstand on the vert ramp and two clean 540 spins.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
Hawk, who won 73 championships by age 25 and was world champion of vert skating for 12 straight years in the 1980s and ’90s, noted that the sport has changed dramatically over the years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
The big knight lifted the prisoner’s shield, which was hanging behind him, and showed or, a chevron gules, between three thistles vert.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The poet informs Guido, its former ruler, that it is now in the possession of Sinibaldo Ordolaffi, or Ardelaffi, whom he designates by his coat of arms, a lion vert. v.
From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Henry Francis Cary
At five hundred yards, the following was the result:— American gun, 13. in. vert. dev.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 by Various
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