FLOTSAM

flotsam, jetsam

(noun) the floating wreckage of a ship

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flotsam (countable and uncountable, plural flotsams)

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

Anagrams

• fotmals

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



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