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vert
UK /vɜːt/ US /vɝt/
noun 7adj 2verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain.
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.
“I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”
adj
1
In blazon, of the colour green.
adj
1
Abbreviation of vertical.
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