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Berth vs Possie - What's the difference?

berth | possie | Synonyms |

Berth is a synonym of possie.


As nouns the difference between berth and possie

is that berth is a fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc) while possie is a firing position.

As a verb berth

is to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth.

berth

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fixed bunk for sleeping in (caravans, trains, etc).
  • Room for maneuvering or safety. (Often used in the phrase a wide berth .)
  • A space for a ship to moor or a vehicle to park.
  • (nautical) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside.
  • A job or position, especially on a ship.
  • (sports) Position or seed in a tournament bracket.
  • (sports) position on the field of play
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
    • , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Olivier Giroud then entered the fray and Walcott reverted to his more familiar berth on the right wing, quickly creating his side's fifth goal by crossing for Giroud to send a plunging header into the net from close range.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to bring (a ship or vehicle) into its berth
  • to assign a berth (bunk or position) to

    • possie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pozzy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A firing position.
  • * 1990 , Matthew Kentridge, An unofficial war: inside the conflict in Pietermaritzburg
    • I'm just sitting in my possie , my place, waiting for something to happen.
  • * 2005 , Matthew Wright, Western front: the New Zealand Division in the first World War, 1916-18
    • 'There is a beautiful odour in the possie where we are,' HG Clark wrote to his family...
  • * 2006 , Wesley Olson, Gallipoli: the Western Australian story
    • Away from the firing line, these possies and dugouts could be made larger...
  • (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A position or place, especially one that is advantageous.
  • * 1984 , Garrie Hutchinson, A Practice Game at the Old Home Ground'', from ''From the Outer'', reprinted 2001, David Headon (editor), ''The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection , page 289,
    • The fans seem happy to be back, finding their formerly favourite possies in the stands, or around the strangely sunken perimeter fence.
  • * 1998 , , Volume 20, Issues 47-49, page 102,
    • Of course, it helps if you are very rich and regularly pay more than $40,000 for a couture outfit to be guaranteed of a near-front-row possie at the bi-annual parades (winter and summer collections).
  • * 2009 , Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia , Lonely Planet, page 346,
    • It?s in a good people-watching possie and if you have an early dinner between 3pm and 7pm you get a 40% discount.

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