Vert vs Gert - What's the difference?
vert | gert |
(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.
(slang, Bristol) big
(slang, Bristol) very
As a noun vert
is .As an adjective gert is
(slang|bristol) big.As an adverb gert is
(slang|bristol) very.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
* * ----gert
English
Alternative forms
* gurtAdjective
(-)- That's a gert sandwich.
Adverb
(-)- That's a gert big sandwich.
- That pizza was gert tasty.