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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A wide deep collar, often of lace, that covers the shoulders of a dress.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small cape worn by women over the shoulders, usually crossed in front and open at the throat.
  • noun A trimming of lace or of other material in the shape of a small cape worn round the upper edge of a low-necked waist, or in a corresponding position on the body in the case of a high-necked waist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.
  • noun a large cannon used by the German army during World War I.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French berthe, after Bertha, (died 783), Carolingian queen as the wife of Pepin the Short.]

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