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water between or next to a pier or wharf (US: berth, also used in UK, or slip) section of a courtroom where the accused sits during a trial * (v.) to reduce an employee's wages, usu. as discipline
berth 1. A location in a port or harbor used specifically for mooring vessels while not at sea. 2. A safe margin of distance to be kept by a vessel from another vessel or from an obstruction, hence the phrase "to give a wide berth". [27] 3. A bed or sleeping accommodation on a boat or ship. 4.
Berth or berthing may refer to: Transport. Berthing, a cabin on a ship or train; Berthing (spacecraft), the placement of a spacecraft into a berthing mechanism ...
The following is a list of berth types based on cargo of the ships calling: Bulk berth Used to handle either dry or liquid bulk cargo. Vessels are loaded using either excavators, conveyor belts, and/or pipelines. Storage facilities for the bulk cargo are often alongside the berth – e.g. silos or stockpiles. Container berth
When "quay" and "wharf" are used as synonyms, the term "quay" is more common in everyday speech in the United Kingdom, many Commonwealth countries, and Ireland, while "wharf" is more commonly used in the United States. 2. To land or tie up at a quay. quayside 1. An area alongside a quay. 2. Being alongside a quay, e.g.
Berth deck: A deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are slung. [ 3 ] Boat deck : Especially on ships with sponsons , the deck area where lifeboats or the ship's gig are stored.
Traffic sign: Quayside or river bank ahead. Unprotected quayside or riverbank. A wharf commonly comprises a fixed platform, often on pilings.Commercial ports may have warehouses that serve as interim storage: where it is sufficient a single wharf with a single berth constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity multiple wharves, or ...
One sort of berth is the dock between piers. Thus, a berth is not "at" a dock. Rather, a dock provides berths and in these berths vessels would be moored to a pier that bounds the dock. Thus we might say: "The boat is at berth in the dock, and the boat is moored to the pier." Belastro 02:42, 20 February 2014 (UTC)