Vert vs Verd - What's the difference?
vert | verd |
(label) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
(label) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
(label) 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
(label) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
(obsolete, UK, legal) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
(obsolete, UK, legal) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
(obsolete) greenness; freshness
Verd is a alternative form of vert.
Verd is a descendant of vert.
As nouns the difference between vert and verd
is that vert is a green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise while verd is the privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.As an abbreviation vert
is vertebrate.As an adjective vert
is in blazon, of the colour green.vert
English
(wikipedia vert)Etymology 1
, from (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)See also
* vt. in heraldic contexts.Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (vertical).Noun
(en noun)See also
*Anagrams
* * ----verd
English
Noun
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