scupper
scupper definition
scup·per (skup′ər)
noun
- an opening in a ship's side to allow water to run off the deck
- a similar outlet in a building, as for water to run off from a floor or roof
Etymology: LME via ? Anglo-Fr < OFr escopir, lit., to spit < VL *skuppire, of echoic orig.
transitive verb
Brit., Informal to wreck; ruin our plans were scuppered
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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