SCUTTLED
Verb
scuttled
simple past tense and past participle of scuttle
Source: Wiktionary
SCUTTLE
Scut"tle, n. Etym: [AS. scutel a dish, platter; cf. Icel. skutill;
both fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish or platter; cf.
scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet.]
1. A broad, shallow basket.
2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Scut"tle, v. i. Etym: [For scuddle, fr. scud.]
Definition: To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to
scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house
to wake the baron. Sir W. Scott.
Scut"tle, n.
Definition: A quick pace; a short run. Spectator.
Scut"tle, n. Etym: [OF. escoutille, F. éscoutille, cf. Sp. escotilla;
probably akin to Sp. escoter to cut a thing so as to make it fit, to
hollow a garment about the neck, perhaps originally, to cut a bosom-
shaped piece out, and of Teutonic origin; cf. D. schoot lap, bosom,
G. schoss, Goth. skauts the hem of a garnment. Cf. Sheet an expanse.]
1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a
lid. Specifically:
(a) (Naut.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large
enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like
hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
(b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall,
or the like. Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask (Naut.), a butt or cask
with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily
use in a ship. Totten.
Scut"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]
1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as
of a ship), for any purpose.
2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a
ship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition