a place for sleeping, esp on a ship or train
an allotted place for a ship when at anchor, at a wharf, etc
safe distance for manoeuvring maintained between a ship and another object
a place or position
informal a job or post
give a wide berth to
to remain at a safe distance from (somebody or something); to avoid
I like to give weddings a wide berth
[prob from bear2 + -th2]