berthingn.1
/ˈbəːθɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of mooring or placing a ship in a berth or harbour.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun]
mooring1378
moorage1641
berthing1800
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames x. 287 Jurisdiction..respecting the birthing or placing of Vessels.
b. The occupation of a berth or mooring position; also, mooring position.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > space or accommodation for > occupation of
berthing1891
1891 Daily News 15 July 5/8 There being a high wind from the north north-east..the berthing was very uncomfortable for the..launches.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 9 July 4/2 Berthing accommodation will be provided for about 300 boats.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 9/1 The..Railway Company's boats..have changed their berthing from North Wall to Carlisle Pier.
1909 Daily Chron. 6 Dec. 6/7 They..came up practically to the berthing which the Ellan Vannin used to occupy.
2. The arrangement of berths or the provision of sleeping accommodation; accommodation in berths.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > room, locker, or quarters > [noun] > sleeping-quarters > arrangement or provision of
berthing1863
1863 S. B. Luce Seamanship (ed. 2) xvi. 297 Berthing requires the earliest attention, and the operation may be facilitated by having a plan of the decks.
a1871 C. F. Hall Polar Exped. (1876) 123 The special object of these [changes] was the economy of fuel, and the berthing of the whole crew below deck.
1890 Allan Line Advt. Bk. 7 Arrangements for the berthing of Steerage Passengers.
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berthingn.2
The upright planking of the sides and various partitions of a ship; esp. the planking outside above the sheer-stroke, the bulwark.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > specific types of
furring1622
berthing1706
trebling1856
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Birthing, a Term us'd at Sea, when the Ship's sides are rais'd, or brought up.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 107 It is the berthing or hood round the ladder~way.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding xii. 240 A plate-rail is fitted upon the top of the frames, and supports the hammock berthing.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Nov. 7/2 An able seaman..fell from the maintopmast rigging, and pitched on the berthing of the ship's side.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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