DCHP-3

berth

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Lumbering

a tract of forested land the bounds of which have been established by the government, which leases or sells the rights to fell and remove timber.

See: timber limit(def. 1a)

Quotations

1853
I have seen licenses granted covering both sides of a river, in defiance of the regulations which say "berths to be confined to one side of rivers wherever practicable".
1962
These occupied forests consist of private timber land and government land under various forms of tenure, such as timber leases, licences, berths, and sales.
2n. — Hist.

a place on a sealing vessel and the right to share in the profits of the hunt.

Quotations

1819
. . . the rest generally pay forty shillings for their birth [sic], that is, for their proportion of the provisions during the voyage; and all are to receive each half a man's share of the seals caught, or the value thereof, dividing the amount of the whole produce of the voyage into so many shares as there are men on board.
1905
The man who has nothing has yet the labour of his hands. Be he skipper, there is one to back his skill and honesty; be he hand, there is no lack of berths to choose from.
1965
In former years, sealers had to pay from 10 shillings to 30 shillings for a berth.
3n.

the fee paid by each man in the crew for his share of the costs of provisioning a vessel and the right to share in the profits of the hunt.

Quotations

1819
The crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gunners, who, on finding their own guns, are admitted birth [sic] free. . . .
4n. — Fishing

a part of a fishery claimed by a vessel and her crew with the exclusive right to fish for the season.

Quotations

1905
. . . when he awoke at dawn there were two other schooners lying quietly at anchor near by and the berths had been "staked."