shipbreche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• shippebreche, schypbreche, schipbreche, shybrucche, shypbruche, schipbryche

Etymology

From Old English scipbryċe, scipbroc, scipġebroc (“shipwreck; that which washes ashore from shipwreck, wreckage”, literally “ship-breaking”). Equivalent to ship +‎ breche.

Noun

shipbreche (uncountable)

1. shipwreck

References

• “ship-brēche, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.