Feb 5, 2025 · Scuppers provide a pathway for water to flow through parapet walls or any other raised edge around a roof, such as gravel stop edge metal. They are commonly used in both …

All we know for sure is that scupper meant "to ambush and massacre" in 19th-century military slang. Then, just before the century turned, it found its place in a magazine story in the sense …

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 …

SCUPPER definition: a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges. See examples of scupper …

Jan 21, 2025 · A roof scupper is an opening in the edge or parapet wall of a flat or low-slope roof, designed specifically to channel water off your roof and allow it to properly drain.

1. To sink (a ship) deliberately; scuttle. 2. To thwart or ruin: scupper a business deal. 3. Chiefly British To overwhelm or massacre.

Oct 9, 2025 · A roof scupper is a type of commercial roof drains that allows water to flow off a flat or low-sloped roof. Scuppers are typically located near the edges of the roof, and designed to …

Members of these benches chose to try to scupper that agreement and those proposals yesterday. That the fight was scuppered came as little surprise.

scupper verb [T] (SPOIL) to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail:

Jul 20, 2024 · A roof scupper is an opening in the parapet wall, edge of the roof, or a raised portion of the roof that allows water to drain off the surface. Unlike internal drains which carry …