scuttled

Variant of scuttle

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

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

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