berth

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
berth/bɜːθ/

▶noun

• 1 a fixed bunk on a ship or train.

• 2 a ship's allotted place at a wharf or dock.

▶verb

• 1 moor or be moored in a berth.

• 2 provide a berth for (a passenger).

– phrases
give someone/thing a wide berth stay well away from someone or something.

– derivatives
berthing noun.

– origin C17 (in the sense ‘adequate sea room’): prob. from a naut. use of bear1 + -th2.