A scupper is an opening in the side walls of a vessel or an open-air structure, which allows water to drain instead of pooling within the bulwark or gunwales of a vessel, or within the curbing or walls of a building.
There are two main kinds of scuppers:
- Ships have scuppers at deck level, to allow for ocean or rainwater drain-off.
- Buildings with railed rooftops may have scuppers to let rainwater drain instead of pooling within the railing. Scuppers can also be placed in a parapet, for the same purpose.
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Smyth, William Henry (2008). The Sailor's Word: A Complete Dictionary of Nautical Terms from the Napoleonic and Victorian Navies. Fireship Press. p. 625. ISBN 978-1-934757-41-3. 978-1-934757-41-3 ↩
Sweet's Architectural Catalog File. Sweet's Division, McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company. 1918. p. 275. https://books.google.com/books?id=O9JBAQAAMAAJ&dq=scupper&pg=PA275 ↩