Scuttle
Scuttle , noun
[Anglo-Saxon scutel a dish, platter; compare Icelandic skutill; both from Latin scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; compare scutum a shield. Compare Skillet.]
1.
A broad, shallow basket.
2.
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Scuttle , intransitive verb
[For scuddle, from scud.]
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron.
Scuttle , noun
A quick pace; a short run. — Spectator
Scuttle (skut"t'l) , noun
[Old French escoutille, French éscoutille, compare Sp. escotilla; probably akin to Sp. escotar to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom-shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; compare Dutch schoot lap, bosom, German schoss, Gothic skauts the hem of a garnment. Compare Sheet an expanse.]
1.
(Nautical) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
(a)
(Nautical) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
(b)
(Nautical) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
2.
The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
Collocations (1)
Scuttle butt or Scuttle cask (Nautical) , a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship.
Scuttle (skut"t'ld) , transitive verb
1.
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
2.
To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
3.
To defeat, frustrate, abandon, or cause to be abandoned; -- of plans, projects, actions, hopes; as, the review committee scuttled the project due to lack of funds.