scuttle

nouns

container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
coal scuttle, scuttle
an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
hatchway, opening, scuttle

verbs

to move about or proceed hurriedly
"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter