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fore-scuttle - definition and meaning
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We had no sooner descended the ladder than the fore-scuttle was closed and fastened, and we were caught like rats in a trap.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
The forecastle was small, with no means of ventilation or admission of the light of day, excepting by the fore-scuttle .
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
It struck us all as 'ow the sarpint was gitting tired o' bread, and was misbehaving himself, consequently we just shoved our 'eds out o' the fore-scuttle and listened.
Many Cargoes 1903
George nodded, and meditatively watched the other as he pushed back the fore-scuttle and drew it after him as he descended.
Many Cargoes 1903
Joe put his head down the fore-scuttle and yelled like a maniac; the others came up in their night-gear, and in a marvellously short space of time the schooner was hove to and the cook and Joe had tumbled into the boat and were pulling back lustily in search of the skipper.
A Master Of Craft 1903
"I'll soon see," said the mate, and walking forward he put his head down the fore-scuttle and yelled for the cook.
Many Cargoes 1903
No smoke issued from the soot-stained cowl of the galley, and the fore-scuttle and the companion were both inhospitably closed.
A Master Of Craft 1903
But now her stern was thrown in the air, and the bows plunged under the sea; and with that, the water began to pour into the fore-scuttle like the pouring of a mill-dam.
Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886
Meanwhile such of the wounded as could move came clambering out of the fore-scuttle and began to help; while the rest that lay helpless in their bunks harrowed me with screaming and begging to be saved.
Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886
The three adventurers then moved noiselessly forward until they came to the main-rigging, when they slipped in on deck, and, crouching low in the deep shadow of the weather bulwarks, crept along until they were within a dozen feet of the fore-scuttle .
The Voyage of the Aurora Harry Collingwood 1886
bilby commented on the word fore-scuttle
"The forecastle was small, with no means of ventilation or admission of the light of day, excepting by the fore-scuttle."
At least from this example we can determine that forecastle and fore-scuttle are not the same thing.
August 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word fore-scuttle
Presumably this definition (among others) of scuttle is on the money:
noun Nautical, a small hatchway or opening in the deck, with a lid for covering it; also, a like hole in the side of a ship, or through the coverings of her hatchways; by extension, a hole in general.
August 22, 2024