scuttlebutt - Gossip. People talking about things that may or may not be true, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.
scuttlebutt
Gossip. So named after a water cask around which sailors used to gather and drink.
sea anchor
A canvas, cone-shaped device deployed to keep the bow headed into the wind to help safely ride out a storm. Also called a drogue.
scuttlebutt - Rumors; Gossip; precursor to the modern day water cooler, it was a cask containing drinking water.
Scuttlebutt -
A butt was a barrel. Scuttle meant to chop a hole in something. The scuttlebutt was a water barrel with a hole cut into it so that sailors could reach in and dip out drinking water.
SCUTTLEBUTT - Cask of drinking water aboard a ship.
SCUTTLES - Portholes on a ship.
SHEER - Fore-and-aft curvature of a ship from bow to stern.
Scuttlebutt - A barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. Also: gossip.
Sea anchor - A stabilizer deployed in the water for heaving to in heavy weather.
To sink a ship in order to prevent others from boarding or using her scuttlebutt Gossip sea anchor A drag, usually made of canvas, ...
A captain might turn a blind eye to warnings (as Admiral Nelson did at the Battle Of Copenhagen) but would have to brace up (tighten his rigging) and stave off (fend off) scuttlebutt (a small drinking ladle with scuttles or holes, ...
 See also: Boat, Keel, Rigging, Bow, High
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