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  bertha

  noun

  a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.
• Bertha
  Bertha

  noun

  a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “bright.”

bertha

¹ American  

[bur-thuh] / ˈbɜr θə /

noun

1. a collar or trimming, as of lace, worn about the shoulders by women, as over a low-necked waist or dress.

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Bertha ² American  

[bur-thuh] / ˈbɜr θə /

noun

1. a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “bright.”

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bertha British  

/ ˈbɜːθə /

noun

1. a wide deep capelike collar, often of lace, usually to cover up a low neckline

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Etymology

Origin of bertha

First recorded in 1835–45; named after Bertha (died a.d. 783), wife of Frankish king Pepin the Short; she was famed for her modesty

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To show that it was the PKF proteins that were doing the killing, University of British Columbia molecular biologist David Theilmann and colleagues infected bertha armyworms with two baculovirus species, MacoNPV-A and MacoNPV-B.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 29, 2021

Edwardian sleeves and bertha collars, ribbons, roses and trailing black velvet are the tricks of the trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was dressed in a dark green velvet evening dress, whose white lace bertha was carelessly pinned with a magnificent solitaire.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore

Mrs. Baldwin's lace bertha rose and fell sharply.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

She was a vision in white—her graduation dress—with her snowy shoulders rising modestly from a tulle bertha.

From At Home with the Jardines by Lilian Bell

The first three were named Arthur, Bertha and Cristobal, and while none of them strengthened into hurricanes, they did cause damage to Florida and Texas.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Bertha is forecast to weaken back to a tropical depression on Thursday and may dissipate by the end of the week as it nears the Texas coast.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Bertha was expected to begin weakening by Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

As Ms. Weinman tells it, by the early 1990s state Rep. Bertha Holt had been trying to get a law passed for more than 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Junior goes up front to direct Bertha to the colony while I catch Alex and JP up on things at the kitchen booth.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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