berth
/bɜɹθ/ nom C2En français : anneau d'amarrage, bitte, poste d'amarrage, couchette
- A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.
- A room in a vessel in which the officers or company mess (“eat together”) and reside; also, a room or other place in a vessel for storage.
- A place on a vessel to sleep, especially a bed on the side of a cabin.
- A job or position on a vessel.
- An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.
- A bunk or other bed for sleeping on in a caravan, a train, etc.
- A place for a vehicle on land to park.
- An appointment, job, or position, especially one regarded as comfortable or good.
Pluriel berths
Dans la bibliothèque
He was himself red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; so, when he died, it was found that he had left his enormous fortune in the hands of trustees, with instructions to apply the interest to the providing of easy berths to men whose hair is of that colour.
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