shipbreche
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English scipbryċe, scipbroc, scipġebroc (“shipwreck; that which washes ashore from shipwreck, wreckage”, literally “ship-breaking”). Equivalent to ship + breche.
Noun
editshipbreche (uncountable)
References
edit- “ship-brēche, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.