mast hole

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• mast partner — noun : wood planking or steel plating around a mast hole in a deck to give support to a mast …   Useful english dictionary

• hole —   Puka (usually of a perforation); lua (with a bottom); haka (breach).   Also: mākālua, mākālua kele (for planting); pukaihu (as in pearl shell shank); holo (in canoe edge); hākaokao (for inserting mast in canoe); hiana (underwater depression).… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• Sheave hole — Sheave Sheave, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[=i]fa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. ??? a staff. Cf. {Shift}, v., {Shive}.] A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lubber hole — or lubber s hole noun (nautical) A hole in a mast platform saving climbing round the rim • • • Main Entry: ↑lubber …   Useful english dictionary

• Lubber's hole — Lubber Lub ber, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber. See {Looby}, {Lob}.] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. [1913 Webster] Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser. [1913 Webster] {Land lubber}, a name given in contempt by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Towed in a Hole — Infobox Film name = Towed in a Hole director = George Marshall producer = Hal Roach starring = Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Billy Gilbert music = Leroy Shield cinematography = Art Lloyd editing = Richard C. Currier distributor = Metro Goldwyn Mayer… …   Wikipedia

• lubber's hole — noun hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds • Hypernyms: ↑hole • Part Holonyms: ↑ship …   Useful english dictionary

• lubber's hole — noun Date: circa 1784 a hole in a square rigger s top near the mast through which one may go farther aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lubber's hole — noun A hole through the platform surrounding the upper part of a ships mast, through which one may climb to go aloft …   Wiktionary

• fid hole — noun : a hole in the heel of a topmast or topgallant mast through which the fid or other spar passes …   Useful english dictionary

• lubber's hole — Naut. (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds. [1765 75] * * * …   Universalium