VERT

Vert

In classical heraldry, vert is the name of the tincture roughly equivalent to the colour "green". It is one of the five dark tinctures . The word vert is simply the French for "green". It is used in English in the sense of a heraldic tincture since the early 16th century.

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vert

Noun

  1. A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
  2. Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  3. The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
    • 1819: “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Adjective

  1. In blazon, of the colour green.


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