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BERTH

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 811 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BEC-BER
BERTH , originally a nautical
term
 , probably connected with the verb " to
bear
 ," first found in literature at the end of the 16th
century
 , with the alternative spelling "
birth
 ." Its
primary
  meaning is " sea-room," whether on the high seas or at anchor. Hence the phrase " to give a wide berth to," meaning " to keep at a safe distance from," both in its literal and its metaphorical use. From meaning sea-room for a ship at anchor, " berth " comes to mean also the position of a ship at her moorings (" to berth a ship "). The word further means any place on a ship allotted for a
special
  purpose, where the men
mess
  or sleep, or an office or appointment on board, whence the word has passed into colloquial use with the meaning of a situation or employment. From the Icelandic byrdi, a board, is also derived the ship-building
term
  " berth," meaning to board, put up bulk-heads, etc.


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