vert

Definition

A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.

Etymology

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

Example Sentences

• "The field of the arms (shield), which is vert (green), represents the open country of Great Britain."
• "“I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”"