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noun

Berth n. (Also written birth)

(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.

An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth."

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.

To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it.

verb

Berth v. t. (past & past part. berthed; pres. part. berthing)

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.

To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.

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Etymology of 'Berth'

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"Berth" Quotes from Famous Books

... will be down very soon to know what the matter is," said Hyde, fidgeting about his berth, where he had stretched himself to ...

— Down the Rhine - Young America in Germany • Oliver Optic

... wonderful to us after our experience going to Quebec, to see how calm and blue the great Atlantic could be. Mr. Burns put me into a cabin to myself near them, but unfortunately it was also very near the engines, and after two nights, I sneaked back to my own berth, and put up with a very quiet little lady in preference! Mr. Burns placed us at their table, and I have the benefit of his cheerful company and his lively daughters, as well as the champagne and good things he shares with us, and ...

— The British Association's visit to Montreal, 1884: Letters • Clara Rayleigh

... I suppose," she replied, thinking of the Soundboat's berth, which probably contained the ...

— Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 37, November, 1860 • Various

... fellow, there's not a vacant berth for you," he said; "I got your telegram, but the whole army in Canada wanted to get on ...

— The Great Lone Land - A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America • W. F. Butler

... early one November morning, as I lay listlessly in my berth, that I was aroused by the noise overhead. Was the brief voyage over, I wondered; had we reached England so soon? and, weak as I was, I crawled on deck, full of languid curiosity, to see my father's country. But the first glimpse disappointed me—a leaden ...

— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey

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