单词 | scuttled |
释义 | scuttled, ppl. a. Naut.|ˈskʌt(ə)ld| [f. scuttle v.2 + -ed1.] Having a hole cut in it. scuttled butt = scuttle-butt a.; so scuttled cask, scuttled puncheon.
1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 160 We sent ashore in a scuttled Puncheon some wearing apparel [etc.]. 1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 86 A centry was placed at the scuttled-cask, and a regular allowance of water was daily served out. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast iii, Filling the ‘scuttled butt’ with fresh water. 1846Young Naut. Dict., Scuttled-butt or (as it is generally abbreviated) Scuttle-butt, a cask with a square hole cut in its bilge, kept on deck to hold water for ready use. |

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