scupper hole

noun

a scupper on a ship, canoe or other vessel

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nounscupper hole (plural scupper holes)

plural scupper holes

  1. nauticala scupper on a ship, canoe or other vessel

    The mate, going aft, was caught in the waist when the ship gave a mighty lurch, and went tumbling to lee-ward where the scupper-holes were spouting like so many fountains all a-row.

    1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8
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