If the true heading is set at the lubber's line, true bearings are observed directly.
As well as climbing the futtock shrouds, most ships also allowed access to the top through the lubber's hole at the tip of the ordinary ratlines.
If it applies to lubber and cotton, do they believe that it also applies to the building of houses?
By rotating the capsule to align the needle with the orienting marks, the course bearing could be read at the lubber line.
A "lubber line", which can be a marking on the compass bowl or a small fixed needle indicates the ship's heading on the compass card.
Compasses on sailboats may have additional lubber lines at forty-five degrees from the centerline.
The abbey lubber is a minor devil that haunts the wine cellars or kitchens of abbeys, tempting the monks into drunkenness, gluttony and lasciviousness.
