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Definition of Scuppering
1. scupper [v] - See also: scupper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuppering
Literary usage of Scuppering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1879)
"SPIKES are very large wrought nails used for heavy work, when great strength is
required, as in wood bridges, scuppering, etc. ..."
2. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1889)
"SPIKES are very large wrought nails used for heavy work, when great strength is
required, as in wood bridges, scuppering, etc. ..."
3. Recollections of Forty Years' Service by Alexander Bruce Tulloch (1903)
"The scuppering of the " Stormy Petrel " did not seem to concern them much ; but
the very possible loss of six of their best blue-jackets evidently did : so ..."
4. Recollections of Forty Years' Service by Alexander Bruce Tulloch (1903)
"The scuppering of the " Stormy Petrel" did not seem to concern them much ; but
the very possible loss of six of ..."
5. The Fighting Fleets: Five Months of Active Service with the American by Ralph Delahaye Paine (1918)
"... old E 76 can't let go a torpedo without scuppering us." Our boat was in position
and, an instant later, the hull tilted sharply and then swam at the ..."
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