lubber's hole

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   hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds

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Questions about lubber's hole

What does lubber's hole mean?

lubber's hole means "hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds".

Is lubber's hole a common word?

lubber's hole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.