Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges.Compare freeing port.
a drain, closed by one or two flaps, for allowing water from the sprinkler system of a factory or the like to run off a floor of the building to the exterior.
any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rainwater.
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Discussions to make testing free were scuppered in order to push people to book vaccines.
Supply issues could scupper recent gains in New Zealand and Australia.
As the equality movement found a renewed focus and determination, so its opponents ratcheted up their efforts to scupper it.
The minister fears that now even lesser frictions could scupper the new agreement.
The combers were crashing over the weather rail in solid cascades, and the scupper-ports were not large enough to carry it off.
Down from the forecastle roof tumbled Jack Cockrell and went sliding across the deck, heels over head, to fetch up in the scupper.
At that moment a tremendous sea struck the vessel, carrying the mate and myself into the lee scupper.
Stopping the scupper, the rolling of the vessel would wash the water and sand from one side to the other.
The rods had a sharp scupper on the outside of the big end so placed as also to throw the oil on this same thrust face.