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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hole through the platform surrounding the upper part of a ship's mast, through which one may climb to go aloft.
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- noun nautical A hole through the
platform surrounding the upper part of aship 'smast , through which one may climb to goaloft .
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- noun hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds
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chained_bear commented on the word lubber's hole
"A hold in the ship's top by the mast offering an easier and less risky way to ascend or descend than by climbing the futtock-shrouds, the route taken by seasoned sailors." So saith A Sea of Words.
"...the Surprise was the only ship he had ever known in which both the doctors went aloft without using the lubber's hole."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 232
March 9, 2008