Definition of scuppering Scuppering
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What does scuppering mean?
Wiktionary 
- scuppering (Verb)
Present participle of scupper.
Part of speech
🔤- scuppering, verb, gerund of scupper (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: scuppers |
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| scupper - drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard |
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scupper (v.)
An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scupper
skup′ėr, n. a hole in the side of a ship to carry off water from the deck (often pl.).—ns. Scupp′er-hole, a scupper; Scupp′er-hose, a pipe of leather, &c., attached to the mouth of a scupper on the outside, to let the water run out and keep water from entering; Scupp′er-plug, a plug to stop a scupper. [O. Fr. escopir, to spit out—L. exspuĕre—ex-, out, spuĕre, to spit; or prob. from Dut. schoppen, to scoop away.]
