scut·tle·butt 
(skŭtl-bŭt′)
(skŭtl-bŭt′)n.
1. Nautical
a. A cask on a ship used to hold the day's supply of drinking water.
b. A drinking fountain on a ship.
2. Slang Gossip; rumor.
[Alteration of scuttled butt, cask with a hole cut into it : SCUTTLE1, to cut a hole in (the hull of a ship) + BUTT5. Sense 2, probably from fact that sailors would exchange gossip while taking a drink from the cask.]
- Indo-European root: sek-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sel-
- Indo-European root: sem-
- Indo-European root: sem-
- Indo-European root: sen-
- Indo-European root: sengwh-
- Indo-European root: sent-
- Indo-European root: sep-
- Indo-European root: septm̥
- Indo-European root: ser-
- Indo-European root: ser-
- Indo-European root: seuə-
- Indo-European root: seuə-
- Indo-European root: skand-
- Indo-European root: skei-
- Indo-European root: skel-
- Indo-European root: skel-
- Indo-European root: sker-
- Indo-European root: sker-
- Indo-European root: sker-
- Indo-European root: (s)keu-
- Indo-European root: skeud-