This is your only access to the attic and it is known.
Definition scuttle attic.
A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship large enough to admit a person and with a lid for covering it.
The hole along with the panel that covers it is called a hatch.
A scuttle attic is an attic space accessed by a small hole in the ceiling.
The definition of a scuttle is a hatch or opening in a wall roof or boat with a cover.
Beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral.
Scuttle an entrance equipped with a hatch.
They waited at the entrance to the garden.
To move quickly with small short steps especially in order to escape.
To abandon withdraw from or cause to be abandoned or destroyed as plans hopes rumors etc.
The scuttle at the end warehouse was securely hooked on the inside.
Nautical naval terms to sink a vessel deliberately by opening seacocks or making openings in the bottom.
Construction a hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
Definition of scuttle entry 2 of 5 1.
Especially a passageway between decks of a ship hatchway opening entrance entranceway entryway entree entry something that provides access to get in or get out.
Synonyms edit hatch that provides access to the roof.
My house lists attic as scuttle and it s a drawstring hatch with stairs that fold down.
A small opening in a wall or roof furnished with a lid.
When you do not have a full set of stairs to the attic or stairs that fold down you are left with just a square hole usually in a closet.