1) Nautical terminology 
Making a hole in the hull of a vessel or opening seacocks, especially in order to sink a vessel deliberately.
Making a hole in the hull of a vessel or opening seacocks, especially in order to sink a vessel deliberately.
Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull. This can be achieved in several ways—valves or hatches can be opened to the sea, or holes may be ripped into the hull with brute force or with explosives. Scuttling may be performed to dispose of an abandoned, old, or captured vessel; to prevent the vess...
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scuttle