Originally a cask (butt) with a hole cut, or scuttled, into it to hold the ship’s drinking water, around which sailors gathered and gossiped; the word came to mean rumor or gossip itself.
Related Terms: Bilge, Deck Hand, Watch
Originally a cask (butt) with a hole cut, or scuttled, into it to hold the ship’s drinking water, around which sailors gathered and gossiped; the word came to mean rumor or gossip itself.
Related Terms: Bilge, Deck Hand, Watch