Definitionn. drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
Last update: September 17, 2015
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The project was scuppered by lack of money. [Please select]
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So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; clear as any mountain spring, gentlemen--that bubbling from the pumps ran across the deck, and poured itself out in steady spouts at the lee scupper-holes. [Please select]
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A fortnight ago old man Nicholas descended from his mountains and scuppered his enemies there--at Kuprikeui, where the main road eastwards crosses the Araxes. [Please select]
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It's a marvel they weren't all scuppered, and it'll be a flaming miracle if they find a line they can stand on.' [Please select]
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Chapter Twelve "You know you'll get scuppered if you're found out." [Please select]
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"Do you realize what it means if Feisul goes out and gets scuppered." [Please select]
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Ali Higg might scupper me and the crowd--he mighty likely would. [Please select]
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The party was silent again for a while, but the Maud dashed furiously on her course, now and then burying her rail, while the water shot up through the lee scupper-holes into the standing-room. [Please select]
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