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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| bertha |
| SYLLABICATION: | ber·tha |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bûr th |
| NOUN: | A wide deep collar, often of lace, that covers the shoulders of a dress. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French berthe, after Bertha (died 783), Carolingian queen as the wife of Pepin the Short. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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