BERTH

position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation

(noun) a job in an organization; “he occupied a post in the treasury”

berth, bunk, built in bed

(noun) a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

mooring, moorage, berth, slip

(noun) a place where a craft can be made fast

moor, berth, wharf

(verb) come into or dock at a wharf; “the big ship wharfed in the evening”

moor, berth, tie up

(verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock; “tie up the boat”

berth

(verb) provide with a berth

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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

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

Source: Wiktionary

Berth, n. Etym: [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.

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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition