verts

Noun (1)

vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)

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.1957 February, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81
2. (archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
3. (archaic) 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.”1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Noun (2)

vert (plural verts)

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

Noun (3)

vert (plural verts)

1. (informal) Vertebrate.

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