berthn.

Brit.

/bəːθ/, U.S.

/bərθ/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s byrth, 1500s–1800s birth.

Etymology: A nautical term of uncertain origin: found first in end of 16th cent. Most probably a derivative of bear v.¹ in some of its senses: see especially sense 31b, quot. 1627 for to bear off 3, which suggests that berth is = ‘bearing off, room-way made by bearing-off’; compare also bear off in 26 b. The early spellings byrth , birth , coincide with those of birth n.¹ ‘bearing of offspring, bringing forth,’ but it is very doubtful whether the nautical use can go back to a time when that word had the general sense ‘bearing’; it looks more like a new formation on bear, without reference to the existing birth. (Of other derivations suggested, an Old English *beorgþ , *beorhþ ‘protection, defence, shelter’ (see barth n.), and Icelandic byrði ‘the board, i.e. side of a ship’ (see berth v.²), do not well account for the original sense ‘sea-room.’ The sense is perhaps better explained by supposing berth to be a transposition of northern dialect breith = breadth; but of this historical evidence is entirely wanting.)

1. Nautical. ‘Convenient sea-room, or a fit distance for ships under sail to keep clear, so as not to fall foul on one another’ (Bailey 1730), or run upon the shore, rocks, etc. Now, chiefly in phrases, to give a good, clear, or (usually since 1800) wide berth to, keep a wide berth of: to keep well away from, steer quite clear of. Also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > a long way off [phrase] > kept or placed at a distance > keep at arm's length

keep a wide berth of1622

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > keep at a distance from something

overboweOE

forbowa1000

large1511

cleara1616

to keep awaya1616

to steer clear of1723

to give a good, clear, or (usually since 1800) wide berth to1753

keep a wide berth of1855

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 77 There lyeth a poynt of the shore a good byrth off, which is dangerous.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 24 Watch bee vigilant to keepe your berth to windward.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 60 Run a good berth ahead of him.

1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. lix. 395 It is necessary to give the..bank a good birth.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 193 Giving the Lighthouse a clear birth of 50 fathoms to the southward.

1829 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. x. 383 Giving the apparent phantom what seamen call a wide berth.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 150 I recommend you to keep a wide berth of me, sir.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 17 To keep the open sea And give to warring lands a full wide berth.

2. Nautical. ‘Convenient sea-room for a ship that rides at anchor’ (Philips 1706); ‘sufficient space wherein a ship may swing round at the length of her moorings’ (Falconer).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > space or accommodation for

berth1658

berthage1881

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Berth, convenient room at Sea to moor a Ship in.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 75 A Birth, a convenient space to moor a Ship in.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Birth and Berth [as above].

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Evitee, a birth [expl. as above].

1781 Westm. Mag. 9 327 Perceiving neither the Isis nor Diana making any signs to follow, though both of them lay in clear births for so doing [cf. clear berth in 1].

1854 G. B. Richardson Univ. Code (ed. 12) v. 423 You have given our ship a foul berth, or brought up in our hawse.

1858 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 226 The ship..may..choose her anchorage by giving either shore a berth of a couple of cables' length.

3. Hence, ‘A convenient place to moor a ship in’ (Phillips); the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > place for

berth1706

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Birth and Berth [see above].

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Birth and Berth [as in Phillips].

a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 211 Before we could come to our former place of anchoring, or birth, as the captain called it.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §266 We let go an anchor and warped the buss to her proper birth.

1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 366 That the squadron may be anchored in a good berth.

1879 E. J. Castle Law of Rating 75 Certain berths for the use of steamers.

a. Nautical. ‘A proper place on board a ship for a mess to put their chests, etc.’ (Phillips); whence, ‘The room or apartment where any number of the officers, or ship's company, mess and reside’ (Smyth, Sailor's Word-bk.).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > part of vessel where sailors live

berth1706

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Birth Also the proper Place a-board for a Mess to put their chests, etc., is call'd the Birth of that Mess.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 226 When he had shewn me their birth (as he called it) I was filled with astonishment and horror.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. x. 142 The first day in which he had entered the midshipmen's berth, and was made acquainted with his messmates.

b. figurative (Nautical) Proper place (for a thing).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > proper

placec1300

berth1724

space1810

bailiwick1843

1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. ii. 25 For the Squaring and Cutting out of every Piece, and placing it in its proper Byrth (so they call it) in the Ship that is in Building.

1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 6 A hammock..shall be delivered him, and a birth assigned to hang it in.

c. transferred. An allotted or assigned place in a barracks; a ‘place’ allotted in a coach or conveyance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > appointed to or usually occupied by a person or thing

steadc888

seatc1275

placea1375

pewc1400

roomc1450

quarterc1550

instalment1589

tenement1592

berth1816

kennel1853

lieua1859

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 6 The first comer hastens to secure the best birth in the coach.

1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) xiv. 85 Kitty Spence was in her berth, playing at cards with her husband and two other men.

1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. xiv. 84 Fanny Bell's berth was in one corner of the barracks.

a. Nautical. A situation or office on board a ship, or (in sailors' phrase) elsewhere.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun]

steadc1000

noteOE

officec1300

ministry?a1475

rooma1485

placea1500

roomth1544

place1558

post1562

berth1720

situation1766

job1781

sit1853

spot1859

billet1870

engagement1884

shop1885

gig1908

lurk1916

possie1916

number1928

site1930

sits vac1945

hat1966

society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > furnishing with crew > a situation on board a ship

berth1720

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 186 Going to Berbadoes to get a Birth, as the Sailors call it.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 115 When Sailors..are discharged in foreign Parts, and do not meet with another Birth there.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 65 I wished..to qualify myself for an officer's berth.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 97 He left us to take the berth of second mate on board the Ayacucho.

1876 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods x. 177 He hoped to get a good berth on one of the small lake steamers.

b. transferred. A situation, a place, an appointment. (Usually a ‘good’ or ‘comfortable’ one.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > good

berth1745

snap1864

1745 Maryland Hist. Mag. 6 220 When the old parson dies, w[hi]ch he will in a very little time, I hope he'll get the Birth.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 103 You have got a good warm birth here.

1781 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 51 I think I could find out a berth (the sea-phrase) for a chaplain.

1788 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 412 Both will prefer their present births.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 53 I'll do the very best I can in gettin' Tom a good berth.

a. Nautical. A sleeping-place in a ship; a long box or shelf on the side of the cabin for sleeping.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > sleeping-quarters > a place in

berth1796

1796 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 339 Better pleased with sound sleep and a warmer birth below it.

1809 Ld. Byron Lines to Mr. Hodgson iii Passengers their berths are clapt in.

1842 T. Martin in Fraser's Mag. Dec. Just in time to secure the only sleeping-berth in the..steam-packet.

b. A sleeping-place of the same kind in a railway carriage or elsewhere.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom

clevec825

bedchamberc1390

wardrobea1400

kuchiez kotec1400

garderobe?c1450

cubicle1483

pallet chambera1535

bed-place1566

kitchen chamber1573

bedroom1600

cubiculoa1616

lodginga1616

lodging-room1615

bower1674

ruelle1676

lodging-chambera1684

common chamber1684

sleeping-room1699

hall-bedroom1738

berth1806

bunk-room1855

bed-house1881

cubicule1887

bedder1897

bed1926

sleeping-platform1935

roomette1937

single1963

maid-room1992

1806 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 81 We returned to the chief's lodge, and found a birth provided for each of us.

1838 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 15 Nov. 328 If you travel in the night you go to rest in a pleasant berth.

1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/2 The traveller..goes to sleep in his Pullman berth.

1885 Weekly Times 2 Oct. 14/2 In the kitchens..are a couple of berths reached by a ladder.

1967 Gloss. Caravan Terms (B.S.I.) 3 A caravan with two double beds, or one double and two singles, is a four-berth caravan.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 33 (advt.) First Class all-inclusive fare, including lower berth and all meals.

Compounds

berth and space n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > distance occupied by set of timbers

berth and space1833

1833 T. Richardson Mercantile Marine Archit. 7 The distance from the moulding edge of one floor to the moulding edge of the next floor is called the birth and space, and is the room occupied by two timbers, the floor, and the first futtock.

berth-boards n. ? the partitions dividing berths in a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > sleeping-quarters > a place in > partitions between

berth-boards1853

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxvi. 213 This condensation is now very troublesome, dripping down from our carlines, and sweating over the roof and berth-boards.

berth-deck n. the deck on which the passengers' berths are arranged.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > decks for use of passengers

promenade deck1820

promenade1826

berth-deck1856

sun deck1876

saloon deck1888

shade-deck1894

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 550 Scattering the passengers on the berth deck.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

berthv.¹

Brit.

/bəːθ/, U.S.

/bərθ/

Forms: Also 1500s byrth, 1600s birth.

Etymology: < berth n.

a. transitive. To moor or place (a ship) in a suitable position. Also reflexive of the ship or sailors.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (reflexive)]

berth1667

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)]

dock?1518

fastenc1540

berth1871

1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1974) VIII. 310 The Henery..birthed himself so well, as no pilot could ever have done better.

1673 Camden Soc. Misc. (1881) 27 We..anchored againe, and birth'd our selves in our anchoring posture agreed on.

1871 Daily News 30 June There was no dry dock..where the monster ship could be berthed and cleaned.

b. intransitive (for reflexive) said of the ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)]

fastenc1540

moor1627

breast1842

to tie up1853

berth1867

1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy iv. 57 The Rob Roy glided past the pier and smoothly berthed upon a great mud bank.

a. transitive. To allot a berth or sleeping-place to (a person), to furnish with a berth. Usually in passive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [verb (transitive)] > allot a sleeping-place to a person

berth1854

1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 81 A general cabin, where two others are berthed.

1869 Daily News 12 June The lower deck, where the officers and crew are berthed.

1876 C. H. Davis Narr. North Polar Exped. Ship Polaris v. 122 Joe and Hans, with their families, were brought down and berthed below.

b. intransitive. To occupy a berth or berths.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > occupy berth

berth1886

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vii. 61 The round-house, where he berthed and served.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 6/2 The accommodation is very simple, consisting of berthing in two tiers in the women's ward, and feeding and living in a separate saloon.

3. To provide with a situation or ‘place’.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > appoint to an office or position

setc1000

to make placea1387

give1535

placea1568

locate1602

shop1808

berth1865

line1886

1865 C. R. Leslie & T. Taylor Sir Joshua Reynolds ii. viii. 365 Comfortably berthed in the City Chamberlainship.

1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Nov. 5/1 All four are berthed; not a man of the Fourth Party is left out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	berth
释义	berthn. Brit. /bəːθ/, U.S. /bərθ/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s byrth, 1500s–1800s birth. Etymology: A nautical term of uncertain origin: found first in end of 16th cent. Most probably a derivative of bear v.¹ in some of its senses: see especially sense 31b, quot. 1627 for to bear off 3, which suggests that berth is = ‘bearing off, room-way made by bearing-off’; compare also bear off in 26 b. The early spellings byrth , birth , coincide with those of birth n.¹ ‘bearing of offspring, bringing forth,’ but it is very doubtful whether the nautical use can go back to a time when that word had the general sense ‘bearing’; it looks more like a new formation on bear, without reference to the existing birth. (Of other derivations suggested, an Old English beorgþ , beorhþ ‘protection, defence, shelter’ (see barth n.), and Icelandic byrði ‘the board, i.e. side of a ship’ (see berth v.²), do not well account for the original sense ‘sea-room.’ The sense is perhaps better explained by supposing berth to be a transposition of northern dialect breith = breadth; but of this historical evidence is entirely wanting.) 1. Nautical. ‘Convenient sea-room, or a fit distance for ships under sail to keep clear, so as not to fall foul on one another’ (Bailey 1730), or run upon the shore, rocks, etc. Now, chiefly in phrases, to give a good, clear, or (usually since 1800) wide berth to, keep a wide berth of: to keep well away from, steer quite clear of. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > a long way off [phrase] > kept or placed at a distance > keep at arm's length keep a wide berth of1622 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > keep at a distance from something overboweOE forbowa1000 large1511 cleara1616 to keep awaya1616 to steer clear of1723 to give a good, clear, or (usually since 1800) wide berth to1753 keep a wide berth of1855 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 77 There lyeth a poynt of the shore a good byrth off, which is dangerous. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 24 Watch bee vigilant to keepe your berth to windward. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 60 Run a good berth ahead of him. 1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. lix. 395 It is necessary to give the..bank a good birth. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) 193 Giving the Lighthouse a clear birth of 50 fathoms to the southward. 1829 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. x. 383 Giving the apparent phantom what seamen call a wide berth. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xv. 150 I recommend you to keep a wide berth of me, sir. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 17 To keep the open sea And give to warring lands a full wide berth. 2. Nautical. ‘Convenient sea-room for a ship that rides at anchor’ (Philips 1706); ‘sufficient space wherein a ship may swing round at the length of her moorings’ (Falconer). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > space or accommodation for berth1658 berthage1881 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Berth, convenient room at Sea to moor a Ship in. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 75 A Birth, a convenient space to moor a Ship in. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Birth and Berth [as above]. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Evitee, a birth [expl. as above]. 1781 Westm. Mag. 9 327 Perceiving neither the Isis nor Diana making any signs to follow, though both of them lay in clear births for so doing [cf. clear berth in 1]. 1854 G. B. Richardson Univ. Code (ed. 12) v. 423 You have given our ship a foul berth, or brought up in our hawse. 1858 in Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 226 The ship..may..choose her anchorage by giving either shore a berth of a couple of cables' length. 3. Hence, ‘A convenient place to moor a ship in’ (Phillips); the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > place for berth1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Birth and Berth [see above]. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Birth and Berth [as in Phillips]. a1754 H. Fielding Jrnl. Voy. Lisbon (1755) 211 Before we could come to our former place of anchoring, or birth, as the captain called it. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §266 We let go an anchor and warped the buss to her proper birth. 1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 366 That the squadron may be anchored in a good berth. 1879 E. J. Castle Law of Rating 75 Certain berths for the use of steamers. 4. a. Nautical. ‘A proper place on board a ship for a mess to put their chests, etc.’ (Phillips); whence, ‘The room or apartment where any number of the officers, or ship's company, mess and reside’ (Smyth, Sailor's Word-bk.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > part of vessel where sailors live berth1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Birth Also the proper Place a-board for a Mess to put their chests, etc., is call'd the Birth of that Mess. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxiv. 226 When he had shewn me their birth (as he called it) I was filled with astonishment and horror. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. x. 142 The first day in which he had entered the midshipmen's berth, and was made acquainted with his messmates. b. figurative (Nautical) Proper place (for a thing). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > proper placec1300 berth1724 space1810 bailiwick1843 1724 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. I. ii. 25 For the Squaring and Cutting out of every Piece, and placing it in its proper Byrth (so they call it) in the Ship that is in Building. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 6 A hammock..shall be delivered him, and a birth assigned to hang it in. c. transferred. An allotted or assigned place in a barracks; a ‘place’ allotted in a coach or conveyance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > appointed to or usually occupied by a person or thing steadc888 seatc1275 placea1375 pewc1400 roomc1450 quarterc1550 instalment1589 tenement1592 berth1816 kennel1853 lieua1859 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 6 The first comer hastens to secure the best birth in the coach. 1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) xiv. 85 Kitty Spence was in her berth, playing at cards with her husband and two other men. 1818 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. xiv. 84 Fanny Bell's berth was in one corner of the barracks. 5. a. Nautical. A situation or office on board a ship, or (in sailors' phrase) elsewhere. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] steadc1000 noteOE officec1300 ministry?a1475 rooma1485 placea1500 roomth1544 place1558 post1562 berth1720 situation1766 job1781 sit1853 spot1859 billet1870 engagement1884 shop1885 gig1908 lurk1916 possie1916 number1928 site1930 sits vac1945 hat1966 society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > furnishing with crew > a situation on board a ship berth1720 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 186 Going to Berbadoes to get a Birth, as the Sailors call it. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 115 When Sailors..are discharged in foreign Parts, and do not meet with another Birth there. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 65 I wished..to qualify myself for an officer's berth. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxviii. 97 He left us to take the berth of second mate on board the Ayacucho. 1876 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods x. 177 He hoped to get a good berth on one of the small lake steamers. b. transferred. A situation, a place, an appointment. (Usually a ‘good’ or ‘comfortable’ one.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > good berth1745 snap1864 1745 Maryland Hist. Mag. 6 220 When the old parson dies, w[hi]ch he will in a very little time, I hope he'll get the Birth. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xvi. 103 You have got a good warm birth here. 1781 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 51 I think I could find out a berth (the sea-phrase) for a chaplain. 1788 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 412 Both will prefer their present births. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. iv. 53 I'll do the very best I can in gettin' Tom a good berth. 6. a. Nautical. A sleeping-place in a ship; a long box or shelf on the side of the cabin for sleeping. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > sleeping-quarters > a place in berth1796 1796 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 339 Better pleased with sound sleep and a warmer birth below it. 1809 Ld. Byron Lines to Mr. Hodgson iii Passengers their berths are clapt in. 1842 T. Martin in Fraser's Mag. Dec. Just in time to secure the only sleeping-berth in the..steam-packet. b. A sleeping-place of the same kind in a railway carriage or elsewhere. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom clevec825 bedchamberc1390 wardrobea1400 kuchiez kotec1400 garderobe?c1450 cubicle1483 pallet chambera1535 bed-place1566 kitchen chamber1573 bedroom1600 cubiculoa1616 lodginga1616 lodging-room1615 bower1674 ruelle1676 lodging-chambera1684 common chamber1684 sleeping-room1699 hall-bedroom1738 berth1806 bunk-room1855 bed-house1881 cubicule1887 bedder1897 bed1926 sleeping-platform1935 roomette1937 single1963 maid-room1992 1806 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) 81 We returned to the chief's lodge, and found a birth provided for each of us. 1838 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 15 Nov. 328 If you travel in the night you go to rest in a pleasant berth. 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 698/2 The traveller..goes to sleep in his Pullman berth. 1885 Weekly Times 2 Oct. 14/2 In the kitchens..are a couple of berths reached by a ladder. 1967 Gloss. Caravan Terms (B.S.I.) 3 A caravan with two double beds, or one double and two singles, is a four-berth caravan. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 33 (advt.) First Class all-inclusive fare, including lower berth and all meals. Compounds berth and space n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > distance occupied by set of timbers berth and space1833 1833 T. Richardson Mercantile Marine Archit. 7 The distance from the moulding edge of one floor to the moulding edge of the next floor is called the birth and space, and is the room occupied by two timbers, the floor, and the first futtock. berth-boards n. ? the partitions dividing berths in a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > sleeping-quarters > a place in > partitions between berth-boards1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxvi. 213 This condensation is now very troublesome, dripping down from our carlines, and sweating over the roof and berth-boards. berth-deck n. the deck on which the passengers' berths are arranged. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [noun] > deck > decks for use of passengers promenade deck1820 promenade1826 berth-deck1856 sun deck1876 saloon deck1888 shade-deck1894 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 550 Scattering the passengers on the berth deck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). berthv.¹ Brit. /bəːθ/, U.S. /bərθ/ Forms: Also 1500s byrth, 1600s birth. Etymology: < berth n. 1. a. transitive. To moor or place (a ship) in a suitable position. Also reflexive of the ship or sailors. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (reflexive)] berth1667 society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor (a ship) [verb (transitive)] dock?1518 fastenc1540 berth1871 1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 June (1974) VIII. 310 The Henery..birthed himself so well, as no pilot could ever have done better. 1673 Camden Soc. Misc. (1881) 27 We..anchored againe, and birth'd our selves in our anchoring posture agreed on. 1871 Daily News 30 June There was no dry dock..where the monster ship could be berthed and cleaned. b. intransitive (for reflexive) said of the ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] fastenc1540 moor1627 breast1842 to tie up1853 berth1867 1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy iv. 57 The Rob Roy glided past the pier and smoothly berthed upon a great mud bank. 2. a. transitive. To allot a berth or sleeping-place to (a person), to furnish with a berth. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [verb (transitive)] > allot a sleeping-place to a person berth1854 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 81 A general cabin, where two others are berthed. 1869 Daily News 12 June The lower deck, where the officers and crew are berthed. 1876 C. H. Davis Narr. North Polar Exped. Ship Polaris v. 122 Joe and Hans, with their families, were brought down and berthed below. b. intransitive. To occupy a berth or berths. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)] > occupy berth berth1886 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vii. 61 The round-house, where he berthed and served. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 6/2 The accommodation is very simple, consisting of berthing in two tiers in the women's ward, and feeding and living in a separate saloon. 3. To provide with a situation or ‘place’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > appoint to an office or position setc1000 to make placea1387 give1535 placea1568 locate1602 shop1808 berth1865 line1886 1865 C. R. Leslie & T. Taylor Sir Joshua Reynolds ii. viii. 365 Comfortably berthed in the City Chamberlainship. 1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Nov. 5/1 All four are berthed; not a man of the Fourth Party is left out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). berthv.² Forms: Also 1500s byrth, 1600s (transmission error) berty. Etymology: perhaps < Icelandic byrði board or side of a ship. To board, cover or make up with boards. (Chiefly in Shipbuilding.) See berthing n.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > specific operations berth1627 reconcile1633 ceil1691 frieze1769 skin1774 score1779 mould1797 ribband1805 fortify1820 horn1850 spall1850 convert1862 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 5 When you haue berthed or brought her vp to the planks. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Bertying a Ship, the raising up of the Ship's sides. So in Bailey. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 96 To berth up. A term generally used for working up a topside or bulkhead with board or thin plank. Derivatives berthed adj. boarded. ΚΠ 1574 R. Scot Perfite Platf. of Hoppe Garden (1578) 52 The chynkes creuises, and open ioyntes of your Loftes being not close byrthed, will deuoure the seedes of them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1622v.¹1667v.²1574
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