Jetsam

Origin

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson (See jettison.)

Full definition of jetsam

Noun

1. articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distressThere she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.
2. (by extension) discarded odds and endsThey were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.

Derived terms

• flotsam and jetsam