berth brace (berth bras)

A metal rod, rope, or chain for supporting the upper berths of a sleeping-car. berth -deck (bėrth'dek), n. In a man-of-war, the deck next below the gun-deck. See deck. berthe (berth), n. [F.] Same as bertha. berthierite (ber'thi-er-it), n. [After Pierre Berthier, a French mineralogist, died 1861.] A sulphid of antimony and iron occurring in dark steel-gray prismatic crystals or fibrous ma es. berthing (ber'thing), n. [ Berthing requires the earliest attention, and the operation may be facilitated by having a plan of the decks. Luce, Seamanship, p. 294.