1. goods or equipment thrown overboard from a ship in distress and washed ashore
Usage: nautical
2. discarded or unwanted material; things that have been thrown away

Examples

• The beach was littered with jetsam from the shipwreck.
• Pieces of jetsam washed up on shore after the storm.
• The old furniture was just jetsam cluttering the garage.
• She sorted through the jetsam in her closet before moving.
• Maritime law distinguishes between flotsam and jetsam.
• The hurricane left jetsam scattered across the coastline.