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

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

Skating in the women’s vert is especially important for Nelson, since that event hasn’t been held at the X-Games since 2010, three years before she was born.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Brown's fall-free run included a handstand on the vert ramp and two clean 540 spins.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 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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