BERTHING

Verb

berthing

present participle of berth

Noun

berthing (plural berthings)

(obsolete, nautical) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake.

(nautical) An instance of a ship being brought to rest at some docking facility.

A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep.

Anagrams

• brighten, bringeth

Source: Wiktionary

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Berth"ing, n. (Naut.)

Definition: The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Smyth.

BERTH

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

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