1. A coal scuttle.
2. Walking of a crab
3. Sinking of a ship.
This word came up recently in the daily emails from Dictionary.com, but, curiously, only with the meaning relating to walking.
to run with quick, hasty steps
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More about scuttle
- First recorded between 1450–1500.
- Combines scud¹, meaning “to dart or run,” + frequentative suffix -le¹.
- Sometimes associated with the locomotion of crabs.
EXAMPLES OF SCUTTLE
- With the snorkel mask on, she could now see all sorts of creatures scuttling across the seafloor.
- They were late for their meeting, so they had to scuttle through the crowded subway station.
It seems odd that other definitions were not mentioned.
