lubber's hole

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.

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lubber's hole British  

noun

1. nautical a hole in a top or platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb

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Etymology

Origin of lubber's hole

First recorded in 1765–75

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Example Sentences

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lubber's hole

Rupert got into the top via the lubber's hole, I am sorry to say, and the loosing of the sail on both yard-arms fell to my duty.

From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

I promised him, and he then helped me down through the lubber’s hole, for as to going down outside, I couldn’t just then have done it to save my life.

From My First Cruise and Other stories by William Henry Giles Kingston

He then climbed up hurriedly, till his head and shoulders were through the lubber's hole.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

About two hours, however, after he had been missed, Munroe, to the surprise of Dunlap, thrust his head through the lubber's hole.

From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly

It was entered by a lubber's hole in the flooring, through which the shrouds passed.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield

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