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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Berth

/(bẽrth)/ · IPA /bɜːθ/
01 n. Convenient sea room.
  1. 1.
    Convenient sea room.(Naut.)
  2. 2.
    An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
  3. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Berth deck — the deck next below the lower gun deck.
To give — to keep at a distance from it.
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Berthed; p. pr. & vb. n. Berthing
  1. 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. 2.
    To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.