/verrt/ , n.
1. Eng. Forest Law.
a. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
b. the right to cut such vegetation.
2. Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.
adj.
3. Heraldry. of the tincture green: a lion vert.
[ 1400-50; late ME verte vert, verd viridis green, equiv. to vir ( ere ) to be green + -idis, appar. irreg. for -idus -ID 4 ]