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Noun: vert  vurt
  1. A skateboarding or BMX riding event featuring a steep ramp that allows riders to perform aerial tricks
    "He won the vert competition with a spectacular 900-degree spin"
     
  2. A U-shaped ramp with nearly vertical sides, used in skateboarding, BMX, and other extreme sports for performing aerial tricks
    "The skatepark's new vert ramp attracted riders from all over the region";
    - vert ramp
     
  3. (heraldry) The colour green, represented in monochrome by parallel diagonal lines sloping downward from left to right
    "The shield displayed a lion rampant on a field of vert"
     
  4. [archaic] Green growing trees or shrubs in a forest
    "The forest's vert provided shelter for numerous species"
     
  5. [archaic] The right to cut green wood in a forest
    "Medieval tenants often held the right of vert in their lord's forests"

Derived forms: verts

Encyclopedia: Vert, Yvelines