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scupper

scupper

1 9.5
A drain on a ship's deck that lets water flow overboard
  • noun
  • /ˈskʌpər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : escotilla
  • - But it's coming from the scuppers.

Examples

  • Water flowed swiftly through the scupper and overboard during the storm.

  • The crew opened the scupper to allow the rainwater to drain off the deck.

  • Rum in the skimmers today and blood in the scuppers tomorrow.

    Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

  • Feet lodged in scuppers, leaning too far over the side, watching the black water race by.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Fill the scuppers.

    Show Boat (1951)

  • You'll pump the bilge and fill the scuppers.

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

  • The scupper ensured that the deck remained dry even with the rising tide.

Surface Forms

scupper singular
scuppers plural

Etymology

Scupper names the small drain in the side of a ship that lets rain and seawater flow 'overboard', and the word comes from sailors' language about letting water out of the deck, so a scupper is a 'drain' that gets water off the ship.