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Big Bertha

Bertha \Ber"tha\, n. [F. berthe, fr. Berthe, a woman's name.] A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

Big Bertha, n. a large cannon used by the German army during World War I.

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big bertha

n. A heavy, long-range howitzer used by Germany in World War I.

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Big Bertha (howitzer)

Big Bertha —literal translation "Fat (or heavy) Bertha"—is the name of a type of super-heavy howitzer developed by the armaments manufacturer Krupp in Germany on the eve of World War I. Its official designation was the L/12, i.e., the barrel was 12 calibre in length, 42-cm (16.5 inch) Type M-Gerät 14 (M-Equipment 1914) Kurze Marine-Kanone ("short naval gun", a name intended to camouflage the weapon's real purpose).

Big Bertha (drum)

Big Bertha is a bass drum used by the Longhorn Band of The University of Texas at Austin. The Big Bertha name was chosen to evoke the famous German Big Bertha howitzer.

Big Bertha (comics)

Big Bertha (Ashley Crawford) is a fictional character, a mutant superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by John Byrne, she is a member of the Great Lakes Avengers and first appeared in West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #46 (July 1989).

Big Bertha (golf club)

Big Bertha is the name given by Callaway Golf to a number of its lines of golf clubs. The name was chosen to evoke the famous German Big Bertha howitzer.

The original Big Bertha driver was launched in 1991. At the time, its design was considered highly modern and a radical departure from older drivers: it was crafted entirely of stainless steel and the head had a volume of . Most other drivers were still made of persimmon wood and had smaller heads. (By way of comparison, many drivers of recent years have head sizes up to the USGA legal maximum of and are made of more exotic materials such as titanium.)

Since the introduction of the original Big Bertha, Callaway has introduced further clubs and lines of clubs with similar names, such as the "Great Big Bertha", the "Biggest Big Bertha", and titanium versions of the clubs. In 2003, they introduced the "Great Big Bertha II," and in 2004, the "Big Bertha 454." They have also introduced two lines of irons using the name.

Big Bertha

Big Bertha is a euphonious term for an unusually large example of a class of object; notable examples include:

Military guns:

  • Big Bertha (howitzer), a heavy mortar-like howitzer built and used by Germany during World War I
    • Paris Gun, called Big Bertha by the French, and several other big heavy German guns of World War I

Vehicles:

  • MR 0-10-0 Lickey Banker, a large railway banking engine, especially of a 0-10-0 steam locomotive configuration
  • A special version of the Vauxhall Victor automobile
  • Big Bertha (bomb disposal vehicle), a police truck used by the New York Police Department and also called the LaGuardia-Pyke Bomb Truck

Fictional characters:

  • Big Bertha (comics), a member of the Great Lakes Avengers in Marvel Comics
  • Big Bertha (Sanctuary), an "abnormal" in the Sanctuary television series
  • Big Bertha, an enemy character that appears in Super Mario Bros. 3

Other uses:

  • Bertha Heyman, a.k.a. "Big Bertha", a 19th-century criminal
  • Big Bertha (cow), a cow that broke two Guinness World Records, for being both the oldest and having the most offspring
  • Big Bertha (golf club), a line of golf clubs from Callaway Golf
  • Big Bertha (drum), one of the world's largest bass drums
  • Big Bertha (antenna tower), a self supporting fully rotating antenna tower originally made by Telrex Labs and now made by SuperBertha.com LLC
  • IBM T220/T221 LCD monitors, nicknamed Big Bertha, LCD monitors with a native resolution of 3840×2400 pixels
  • Bertha (tunnel boring machine), nicknamed Big Bertha, a tunnel boring machine made by Hitachi Zosen Corporation for operation in Seattle
  • La Grosse Bertha (French for "Big Bertha"), a French satirical magazine
Big Bertha (cow)

Big Bertha (17 March 1945 – 31 December 1993) was a cow who held two Guinness World Records: she was the oldest cow recorded, dying just three months short of her 49th birthday, and she also held the record for lifetime breeding, having produced 39 calves. During her lifetime she helped raise $75,000 for cancer research and other charities.

Usage examples of "big bertha".

She scribbled a note, and when the matron walked over to an aisle to help an inmate, Big Bertha dropped the note on her desk and left.

The boys started calling her Big Bertha, and then we just named her Bertha for short.

God only knows why when she's got Big Bertha and the Bonecrusher with her.

And I made sure that I'd get at least a hundred out of Big Bertha-that's my godmother.