jetsam
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛts(ə)m/
noun
- unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, especially material that has been discarded to lighten the vessel: there was plenty of good kindling among the jetsam on the beach figurative the jetsam of technologyCompare with flotsam
Origin:
late 16th century (as jetson): from jettison