vert — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

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

   Gebrauch

   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   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.

   Gebrauch

   • archaisch
   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

3. The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.

   Gebrauch

   • archaisch
   • zählbar
   • nicht zählbar

   Beispiele

   “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.”

Adjektiv

1. In blazon, of the colour green.

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Verwandte Wörter

   verdant

Substantiv

1. In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.

   Gebrauch

   • umgangssprachlich

2. A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

Substantiv

1. Vertebrate.

   Gebrauch

   • informell

Verb

1. To turn.

   Gebrauch

   • archaisch
   • literarisch

   Beispiele

   Theſe are Ani-mad-versions indeed, when a Writer’s words are madly verted, inverted, perverted, againſt his true intent, and their Grammaticall ſenſe.

   Hippias not only came aboveground, he flew about in the very skies, verting like any blithe creature of the season.

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   A lady had ulceration of the interior of the body of the uterus, which was not flexed or verted:[…].

   For instance, all of the muscles of the eyes may be relatively weak. The ducting or verting power is not as great as it should be.

Substantiv

1. Vertex.

   Gebrauch

   • informell