jettison
Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the…Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.
Meaning
2 senses(collective, uncountable)Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.
The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter.
Deep-sea divers discovered centuries-old jettison resting on the sandy seafloor.
Ballast, Abwerfen
балла́стballást, сбросsbros, выбра́сываниеvybrásyvanije
(countable)The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress.
The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship.
The maritime court spent weeks reviewing the legality of the cargo jettison during the storm.
Examples
4 sentencesThey had to jettison the cargo.
Tom was jettisoned into the vacuum of space.
We could easily and inexpensively jettison the old, stupid structures.
To save the lives of the people onboard, the crew had to jettison the cargo.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: woFrom Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.
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