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单词 scuttled
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scuttledadj.

/ˈskʌt(ə)ld/
Etymology: < scuttle v.2 + -ed suffix1.
Nautical.
Having a hole cut in it. scuttled butt = scuttlebutt gossip n. (a) at scuttlebutt n. Compounds; so scuttled cask, scuttled puncheon.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > type of cask > for drinking-water
scuttled cask1743
gang-caska1769
scuttle-cask1803
scuttlebutt1840
scuttled butt1840
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 160 We sent ashore in a scuttled Puncheon some wearing apparel [etc.].
1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 86 A centry was placed at the scuttled-cask, and a regular allowance of water was daily served out.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 19 Filling the ‘scuttled butt’ with fresh water, and coiling up the rigging, usually occupies the time until seven bells.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. Scuttled-butt or (as it is generally abbreviated) Scuttle-butt, a cask with a square hole cut in its bilge, kept on deck to hold water for ready use.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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