12/27/2023 0 Comments Scuttlebutt water fountain![]() ![]() (And after a day of steering in bad weather, the pilot was “pooped. During heavy weather, the foam and spray from tall waves behind the ship would leave the poop deck and the pilot quite wet. When sailing, the wind generally comes from the rear, filling the sails and propelling the ship forward. In case you are wondering, the name “poop deck” comes from the French word for the stern, “la poupe.” I wouldn’t want my readers to get the wrong idea, there! The poop deck was elevated so the captain and pilot would have a clear view over the front of the ship. This is where the ship’s wheel was located - in the rear of the ship, near the rudder - in order to reduce the number of pulleys and ropes needed for steering. ![]() The upper-most rear, or the stern, was called the poop deck. It is a nautical or naval term that goes back to the day of the old sailing ships. The source of this relatively delicate term is rather interesting. Post navigation ← Your Pet! Noah! 10.15.Dr Jerry Wilson answers in the Index-Journal that weighty question, “Why is the toilet on a boat referred to as the ‘head’?” Back in the early 1800s, the cask containing a ships daily supply of fresh water was called a scuttlebutt (from the verb scuttle meaning 'to cut a hole through' and the noun butt, 'cask') that name was later applied to a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval installation. Scuttlebutt (drinking water fountain) is at right center of photograph. This entry was posted in Sue Harrison Blog, Wild Word Friday, Words and tagged Jerry Dennis, SCUTTLEBUTT, Sue Harrison Blog, THE LIVING GREAT LAKES, wild word Fridays on Octoby suehar. Note ash hoist for boiler room compartment B-1 and compartment B-2. (Some information in this post from THE LIVING GREAT LAKES by Jerry Dennis and WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE. Free, open-source, peer-to-peer social application that helps you follow friends and discover new ones on Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB). 1 2 The term corresponds to the colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, which at times becomes the focus of congregation and casual discussion. What’s your favorite form of social media? Scuttlebutt in slang usage means rumor or gossip, deriving from the nautical term for the cask used to serve water (or, later, a water fountain). Even though I’m not much into gossip, I have to admit that I’m a Facebook fan! Now we have a more efficient system – social media. When I was a kid, gossip was passed over the back fence or at the clotheslines. So how on earth did SCUTTLEBUTT the drinking fountain, become SCUTTLEBUTT the latest gossip? Jerry Dennis, the author of the book, THE LIVING GREAT LAKES (an amazing book!) tells us that on the decks of old warships the only place “where sailors could talk without being overheard by officers” was at the SCUTTLEBUTT where fresh water was stored, the “antecedent of the office water cooler.” Gossip central! ![]() Put the two together and you get the original meaning of SCUTTLEBUTT, a lidded cask, which on ships was filled with fresh water – a drinking fountain. information that may or may not be true rumor: Scuttlebutt around the office has it that he’s been fired. SCUTTLE comes to the English language from the Old French word escoutille, which means hatchway, more specifically a lidded hatchway. But where on earth did we get a word like SCUTTLEBUTT? Well, at first let’s do a little historical research. It was later used as the name of the drinking. Drinking water fountain in the park Stock Photo. According to Merriam-Webster, a scuttlebutt referred to a cask on sailing ships in the 1800s that contained drinking water for those on board. If you hear someone say, “What’s the SCUTTLEBUTT?” you know that s/he is referring to the latest gossip. Find Scuttle Butt stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and. ![]()
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