Meaning of Scuttle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
2. A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
3. A quick pace; a short run.
4. A broad, shallow basket.
5. A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
6. A dish, platter or a trencher.
   Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
7. By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
8. A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

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Examples

“All through dinner—which was long, in consequence of such accidents as the dish of potatoes being mislaid in the coal skuttle and the handle of the corkscrew coming off and striking the young woman in the chin—Mrs. Jellyby preserved the evenness of her disposition.”

“On the way, with superior precaution, we got out our saucepan. The kitchen fire was red, but low; the coal-cellar was locked, and there was nothing in the scuttle but a little coal-dust and the piece of brown paper that is put in to keep the coals from tumbling out through the bottom where the hole is.”

“My knife was at my hip. I returned to my hut for the shotgun, made sure it was loaded, and went down to the Ghost. With some difficulty, and at the expense of a wetting to the waist, I climbed aboard. The forecastle scuttle was open. I paused to listen for the breathing of the men, but there was no breathing.”

“The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.”

“She scarce gave me time to return her salute, before she quitted the shop with an easy scuttle, and stepped again into her coach”

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