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.

Berth \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 : WordNet®

berth
     n 1: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
          treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {office}, {spot}, {billet},
           {place}, {situation}]
     2: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: {mooring}, {moorage},
         {slip}]
     3: a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers [syn: {bunk}, {built
        in bed}]

berth
     v 1: provide with a berth
     2: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
        [syn: {moor}, {tie up}]
     3: come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the
        evening" [syn: {moor}, {wharf}]