Definition of Jetsem

Definition of Jetsem

Jetsam, part of the cargo of a ship thrown overboard to lighten her in a case of peril.

- Wikipedia

{ ||Jet"sam (?), ||Jet"son (?), } n. [F. jeter to throw: cf. OF. getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam, Jettison.]

1. (Mar. Law) 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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