Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.