Definition of scuttles in English

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Noun Plural: scuttles
scuttle - container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
		coal scuttle
scuttle - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
		hatchway, opening
		entranceway, entryway, entrance, entree, entry the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance"
		escape hatch hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency

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scuttle (Noun)
A container like an open bucket usually to hold and carry coal.
scuttle (Noun)
A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
scuttle (Noun)
A broad, shallow basket.
scuttle (Noun)
A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.
scuttle (Noun)
A quick pace; a short run.
scuttle (Verb)
To deliberately sink a ship or boat by order of the vessel's commander or owner.
scuttle (Verb)
To move hastily, to scurry.

scuttle (n.)
A broad, shallow basket.
scuttle (n.)
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
scuttle (v. i.)
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
scuttle (n.)
A quick pace; a short run.
scuttle (n.)
A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
scuttle (n.)
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.
scuttle (n.)
An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
scuttle (n.)
The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
scuttle (v. t.)
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
scuttle (v. t.)
To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

scuttle
skut′l, n. a shallow basket: a vessel for holding coal. [A.S. scutel—L. scutella, a salver, dim. of scutra, a dish.]
scuttle
skut′l, n. the openings or hatchways of a ship: a hole through the hatches or in the side or bottom of a ship.—v.t. to cut holes through any part of a ship: to sink a ship by cutting holes in it.—ns. Scutt′le-butt, -cask, a cask with a hole cut in it for the cup or dipper, for holding drinking-water in a ship; Scutt′le-fish, a cuttle-fish. [O. Fr. escoutille, a hatchway (Sp. escotilla), from Dut. schoot, the lap; Ger. schoss, bosom, a lap.]
scuttle
skut′l, v.i. to scud or run with haste: to hurry.—n. a quick run: a mincing gait.—Also Scudd′le, Skutt′le. [Scud.]

scuttle
(écoutille, Fr.) a small hatchway cut for some particular purpose through a ship’s deck, or through the coverings of her hatchways, and being furnished with a lid which firmly encloses it whenever necessary. See DECK and HATCHWAY.

scuttle
A small hole or port cut either in the deck or side of a ship, generally for ventilation. That in the deck is a small hatchway.
scuttle
To cut or bore holes through part of a ship when she is stranded or over-set, and continues to float, in order to save any part of her contents. Also, a trick too often practised by boring holes below water, to sink a ship, where fictitious cargo is embarked and the vessel insured beyond her value. (See BARRATRY.)