berthn.[From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.]()1. (Naut.) Convenient sea room.()2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment.(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.()v. t.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.)