Vert (music)
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Etymology 1


From Old French vert ‘green’, from Latin viridis.

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



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