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Meaning of scupper hole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a scupper on a ship, canoe or other vessel

Equivalents

Galego buxón

Examples

“The mate, going aft, was caught in the waist when the ship gave a mighty lurch, and went tumbling to lee-ward where the scupper-holes were spouting like so many fountains all a-row.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

scupper hose scupper nail scupper plug scuppernong scuppet scuppie

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