2. Verb. (third-person singular of scuttle) ¹
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Definition of Scuttles
1. scuttle [v] - See also: scuttle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scuttles
Literary usage of Scuttles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. National Building Code by American Insurance Association, National Board of Fire Underwriters (1909)
"Bulkheads on Roofs and scuttles. Bulkheads used as inclosures for tanks and
elevators, ... All buildings shall have scuttles or bulkheads, with scuttles, ..."
2. Architectural Iron and Steel: And Its Application in the Construction of by William Harvey Birkmire (1892)
"Iron Ladders to scuttles.—All buildings shall have scuttles or bulkheads, covered
with some fire-proof materials, with ladders or stairs leading thereto. ..."
3. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"311 shows a larger detail of the system of glazing, method of securing glass,
condensation gutters, etc. 200. scuttles. scuttles in a roof should be framed ..."
4. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1911)
"Roofs, Leaders, Cornices, Bulkheads, scuttles and Tanks. § 90. Mansard Roofs.— If
a mansard or other roof of like character having a pitch of over sixty ..."
5. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1912)
"Roofs, Leaders, Cornices, Bulkheads, scuttles and Tanks. § 90. Mansard Hoofs.— If
a mansard or other roof of like character having a pitch of over sixty ..."
6. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1907)
"Roofs, Leaders, Cornices, Bulkheads, scuttles and Tanks. § 90. Mansard Roofs.— If
a mansard or other roof of like character having a pitch of over sixty ..."
7. Modern American Marine Engines, Boilers and Screw Propellers: Their Design by Emory Edwards (1881)
"Deck-scuttles. There are to be furnished and fitted eight cast-iron deck-scuttles,
to have close covers and gratings arranged in the usual manner; scuttles ..."
8. Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the Seizure of by William M. Leftwich (1870)
"John Hogan, of St. Louis, scuttles the Episcopal Earn—Order from the War Department,
with President Lincoln's Endorsement—Possible Deception •—Rev. ..."
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