Berth /(bẽrth)/

Berth

n.
  1. Convenient sea room. (Naut.)
  2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.
  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.

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.