scuttle1
¦ noun
1. a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.
2. Brit. the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet.
Origin
OE scutel 'dish, platter', from ON skutill, from L. scutella 'dish'.
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scuttle2
¦ verb run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
¦ noun an act or sound of scuttling.
Origin
C15: cf. dialect
scuddle, frequentative of
scud.
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scuttle3
¦ verb
1. sink (one's own ship) deliberately.
2. deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail.
¦ noun an opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side.
Origin
C15 (asnoun): perh. from OFr. escoutille, from the Sp. dimin. escotilla 'hatchway'.