flotsam, jetsam
(noun) the floating wreckage of a ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flotsam (countable and uncountable, plural flotsams)
Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.
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Source: Wiktionary
Flot"sam, Flot"son, n. Etym: [F. flotter to float. See FFlotilla, and cf. Jetsam.] (Law)
Definition: Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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