berthed

as inland

as inmoor
as indock
as inanchor

Synonyms for berthed

verb arrive, come to rest on

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Word Origin & History

1620s, "convenient sea room" (both for ships and sailors), of uncertain origin, probably from bear (v.) + abstract noun suffix -th (2) as in strength, health, etc. Original sense is preserved in phrase to give (something or someone) wide berth. Meaning "place on a ship to stow chests, room for sailors" is from 1706; extended to non-nautical situations by 1778.

Example Sentences for berthed

How could this man have left my cabin as he had done, and yet now be berthed in his own?

Jim, who had to work his passage, slept in the fore-peak, but I was berthed aft.

"He was off the moment we berthed," said his father, suppressing a smile.

When this had been done the Will Arding was berthed as near as possible to the boiler.

His ship must have been berthed in the East India Docks; they are much further off.

The officers and crew are berthed forward, and the servants' quarters are aft.

And where are you berthed, and what cargo of this worlds goods have you got in your lockers?

It started luring memories, and I berthed at once for Saint Pierre.

Evidently it was here that the officers and the engineers were berthed.

Thus we were able quickly to get back again to the wharf where the Haytien was berthed.

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