Berth \Berth\, n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.]

[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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Berth \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. --Totten.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)