Scupper

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·v An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard;

— called also scupper hole.

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  • annular scupper

    A contrivance for fitting scuppers so that the whole can be enlarged by a movable concentric ring, i...

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  • scupper-hose

    A canvas leathern pipe or tube nailed round the outside of the scuppers of the lower decks, which pr...

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  • scupper-leather

    A flap-valve nailed over a scupper-hole, serving to keep water from getting in, yet letting it out. ...

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  • scupper-nails

    Short nails with very broad flat heads, used to nail the flaps of the scuppers, so as to retain the ...

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  • scupper-plugs

    Are used to close the scuppers in-board. ...

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  • scupper-shoots

    Metal or wooden tubes which carry the water from the decks of frigates to the sea-level. ...

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