noun

1. a broad, open basket for carrying grain, vegetables, etc.
2. a kind of bucket, usually with a wide lip, used for pouring coal on a fire
   in full coal scuttle

Etymology: ME scutel, a dish < OE < L scutella, salver, dim. of scutra, flat dish

intransitive verb scuttled -·tled, scuttling -·tling

Etymology: ME scutlen, prob. akin to scud

noun

noun

1. an opening in a wall or roof, fitted with a lid or cover
2. a small, covered opening or hatchway in the outer hull or deck of a ship
3. the lid or cover for any such opening

Etymology: LME skottelle < MFr escoutille, trapdoor < Sp escotilla, an indentation, hollowing < escote, a notch, tuck, prob. < Goth skauts, seam, border; akin to OE sceat, sheet

transitive verb scuttled -·tled, scuttling -·tling

1. to make or open holes in the hull of (a ship or boat) below the waterline; esp., to sink in this way
2. to scrap or abandon (a plan, undertaking, etc.)