Definitions
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- noun
Shipwreck .
Etymologies
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From Middle English schipbreche, schipbrüche, from Old English scipbryċe, scipbroc, scipġebroc ("shipwreck; that which washes ashore from shipwreck, wreckage", literally "ship-breaking"), equivalent to ship + breach. Cognate with Scots schipbrek ("shipwreck"), Dutch schipbreuk ("shipwreck"), German Schiffbruch ("shipwreck").
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Examples
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Also in shipbreach men flee to a board, and are oft saved in peril.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
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