WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
free′ing port′, [Naut.]
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsan opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas;
    scupper.
  • 1875–80

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scupper

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