SCUTTLE

n. v.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A broad, shallow basket.

2.
n.

A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

3.
v.

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. Sir W. Scott.

4.
n.

A quick pace; a short run. Spectator.

5.
n.

A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically:

6.
n.

An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.

7.
n.

The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship. Totten.

8.
v.

To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

9.
v.

To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

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