BERTH

Berth (�), n. [[From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.]] [Also written birth.] 1. 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. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. “He has a good berth.” Totten.
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.
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.