vert

¹ American  

[vurt] / vɜrt /

noun

1. English Forest Law.

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

   2. the right to cut such vegetation.

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

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adjective

1. Heraldry. of the tincture green.

   a lion vert.

vert. ² American  

abbreviation

1. vertical.

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vert ¹ British  

/ vɜːt /

noun

1. English legal history

   1. the right to cut green wood in a forest

   2. the wood itself

2. heraldry

   1. the colour green

   2. ( as adjective, usually postpositive )

      a table vert

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vert. ² British  

abbreviation

1. vertical

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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

Example Sentences

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

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

Speaking of shaky, Barney George’s set design — which includes a stage-length vert ramp seemingly borrowed from a skate park and jagged rectangular panels lined up along the back wall — is frustratingly ambiguous.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 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

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