berth : Idioms & Phrases


Berth deck

  • the deck next below the lower gun deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Webster 1913

Foul berth

  • (Naut.), a berth in which a ship is in danger of fouling another vesel.
Webster 1913

lower berth

  • noun the lower of two berths
    lower.
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Sick berth

  • noun (nautical) a room for the treatment of the sick or injured (as on a ship)
    sickbay.
WordNet
  • an apartment for the sick in a ship of war.
Webster 1913

To give (the land or any object) a wide berth

  • to keep at a distance from it.
Webster 1913

upper berth

  • noun the higher of two berths
    upper.
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