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Definition scuttle
Etymology 1
From Middle English scuttel, scutel, from Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), from Latin scutella, diminutive form of Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish”), perhaps related to Latin scutum (“shield”); compare Dutch schotel and German Schüssel.
Noun
scuttle (plural scuttles)
- A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
- A broad, shallow basket.
- (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), or alternatively from Spanish escotilla, ultimately from Gothic ?????? (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”). Compare German Schoß, Old English s??at. More at sheet.
Noun
scuttle (plural scuttles)
- A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
- (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
Verb
scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)
- (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
- (transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
- (transitive, by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper.
Etymology 3
See scuddle.
Verb
scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled)
Noun
scuttle (plural scuttles)
- A quick pace; a short run.
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