Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Berth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Berth \Berth\, n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth
nativity. See {Birth}.] [Also written {birth}.]
1. (Naut.)
(a) Convenient sea room.
(b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's
company mess and reside.
(c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or
at a wharf.
2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or
employment. ``He has a good berth.'' --Totten.
3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the
side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for
sleeping in.
{Berth deck}, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham.
Nav. Encyc.
{To give} (the land or any object) {a wide berth}, to keep at
a distance from it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Berth \Berth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Berthed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Berthing}.]
1. To give an anchorage to, or a place to lie at; to place in
a berth; as, she was berthed stem to stern with the
Adelaide.
2. To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth
a ship's company. --Totten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
berth
n 1: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {office}, {spot}, {place},
{situation}]
2: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: {mooring}, {moorage},
{slip}]
3: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: {bunk}, {built
in bed}]
v 1: provide with a berth
2: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
[syn: {moor}, {tie up}]
3: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the
evening" [syn: {moor}, {wharf}]
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