Definition of "berthing" [berth•ing]

• Present participle of berth. (verb)
• The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. (noun)
• An instance of a ship being brought to rest at some docking facility. (noun)
• A berth, especially figuratively, a place to sleep. (noun)

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• "a public dock for short-term berthing of visiting vessels."
• "S. WADDLE: They stayed on board, the husbands and wives were berthed, and our 21-men berthing, which is in the lower level part."
• "He was one of those officials called berthing-masters -- not the one who had berthed us, but another, who, apparently, had been busy securing a steamer at the other end of the dock."