Definition of vert:
(n) :
a
green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by
diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees
counter-clockwise; green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for
deer
"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"
(adj) :
in
blazon, of the colour green
Definition of vert:
(n) :
a
green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by
diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees
counter-clockwise; green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for
deer
"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"
(adj) :
in
blazon, of the colour green