Talk:scupper
Scupper (noun): Nautical slang term for a loose woman. —This unsigned comment was added by 67.180.84.154 (talk • contribs).
Scuttle[edit]
As (currently incorrectly) described at w:Scupper, this is not to be confused with scuttle. --Quiddity 19:22, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Beware, TWO meanings[edit]
are given by my "Webster's 3d new int. dictionary" :
- 1/ "from ME skopper" : a hole, drain etc...(hence the nautical slang term pointed at by unsigned commentator supra)
- 2/ from origin unknown" : to put in danger; ambush (which rather corresponds to the newspaper citations).
In nautical french, scupper = dalot (if it means a hole in the boat wall, to drain water from the deck) , or bonde (bung-hole), or nable if it is a hole in the bottom, to empty or scuttle the craft. Regards, Arapaima 07:42, 9 September 2009 (UTC) Oops , sorry, I blundered trying to edit "translations" on the page ...
Added Etymology[edit]
From Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Sixth Edition - in public domain.
Webster 1913 ety is different[edit]
{{etyl|fro}} {{term|escopir}}, {{term|escupir}}, to spit, perhaps for {{term|escospir}}, {{etyl|la}} {{term|ex}} + {{term|conspuere}} to spit upon. Equinox ◑ 13:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)