Talk:scupper

Scupper (noun): Nautical slang term for a loose woman. —This.

Scuttle
As (currently incorrectly) described at Scupper, this is not to be confused with scuttle. --Quiddity 19:22, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Beware, TWO meanings
are given by my "Webster's 3d new int. dictionary" : 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 ...
 * 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).

Added Etymology
From Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, Sixth Edition - in public domain.
 * Kquirici 22:41, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Webster 1913 ety is different
escopir:, escupir:, to spit, perhaps for escospir:, ex: + conspuere: to spit upon. Equinox ◑ 13:32, 13 April 2012 (UTC)