scupper

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. isim A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

   “I have said that our roof was decidedly Biblical in style; but to make it a dry one, something of a nautical character was added to its architecture, for on either side were scuppers, and it was slightly arched in the centre[.]”

3. fiil To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

   “The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.”