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scuttle (third-person singular simple present scuttles, present participle scuttling, simple past and past participle scuttled) ( 1 transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
scuttle v.2 cut a hole in a ship to sink it, 1640s, from skottell (n.) opening in a ship's deck (late 15c.), from Middle French escoutille (Modern French Ã©coutille) or directly from Spanish escotilla hatchway, diminutive of escota opening in a garment, from escotar cut out, perhaps from e-out (see ex-) + Germanic *skaut-.