JETSAM

flotsam, jetsam

(noun) the floating wreckage of a ship

jetsam

(noun) the part of a ship’s equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress

(by extension) discarded odds and ends

Anagrams

• matjes

Source: Wiktionary

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Jet"sam, Jet"son, n. Etym: [F. jeter to throw: cf. OF. getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam, Jettison.]

1. (Mar. Law)

Definition: Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.

2. Jettison. See Jettison, 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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