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lubber's hole

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lubber's hole

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

Origin:
1765–75
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lubber's hole  
n.  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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