Lubber's Hole
Sea Terms
An opening in the top next to the mast, and through which the shrouds pass after going over the lower mast head. It is sufficiently large for the passage of a man. To get into the top through the lubbers' hole instead of climbing over the top-rim by the futtock shrouds, is considered very unseamanlike, and anyone performing the first act is called a lubber by his shipmates.