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Webster 1913 Edition
Berth
Berth
(bẽrth)
, Noun.
[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.
Berth
,Verb.
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 Adelaide2.
To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard;
as, to
. berth
a ship's companyTotten.
Webster 1828 Edition
Berth
BERTH
,Noun.
1.
A station in which a ship rides at anchor, comprehending the space in which she ranges. In more familiar usage, the word signifies any situation or place, where a vessel lies or can lie, whether at anchor or at a wharf.2.
A room or apartment in a ship, where a number of officers or men mess and reside.3.
The box or place for sleeping at the sides of a cabin; the place for a hammoc, or a repository for chests, &c. To berth, in seamen's language, is to allot to each man a place for his hammoc.
Definition 2024
berth
berth
English
Alternative forms
- birth, byrth (obsolete)
Noun
berth (plural berths)
- A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
- Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth.)
- A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
- (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
- A job or position, especially on a ship.
- (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
- (sports) position on the field of play
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
- Olivier Giroud then entered the fray and Walcott reverted to his more familiar berth on the right wing, quickly creating his side's fifth goal by crossing for Giroud to send a plunging header into the net from close range.
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Translations
bunk
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maneuvering room
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space to moor
position on a ship
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sports: position in the field
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Verb
berth (third-person singular simple present berths, present participle berthing, simple past and past participle berthed)
- (transitive) to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
- (transitive) to assign a berth (bunk or position) to
Translations
to bring a ship into berth