Definitions for the word "scuttle" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A broad, shallow basket.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A quick pace; a short run.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
1 = *coal-scuttle. 2 part of a car body between the windscreen and the bonnet. [old norse from latin scutella dish]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. v.
(-ling) scurry; flee from danger etc. n. Hurried gait; precipitate flight. [perhaps related to dial. Scuddle frequentative of *scud]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. n.
Hole with a lid in a ship''s deck or side. v. Let water into (a ship) to sink it. [spanish escotilla hatchway]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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