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lagend

lagend

9.9
Items from a sunken ship on the sea floor marked by a buoy for recovery
  • noun
  • Archaic
: ligadura
  • Salvage crews used specialized equipment to recover the lagend from the ocean floor.

Examples

  • Divers discovered lagend near the old shipwreck, marked by a weathered buoy.

  • The ship's captain reported the lagend location to authorities for later retrieval.

  • Look at that lagend!

  • The fisherman found a lagend near the shore.

  • Salvage crews used specialized equipment to recover the lagend from the ocean floor.

  • Divers discovered lagend near the old shipwreck, marked by a weathered buoy.

  • The ship's captain reported the lagend location to authorities for later retrieval.

Synonyms

ligan
vslagend
  • Archaic
9.9

Goods or wreckage that lie on the sea bottom and are marked by a buoy so people can recover them

is the term defined as lying on the seabed when attached for later recovery
lagan
vslagend
  • Archaic
9.9

Items left in the sea with a buoy so people can find them later

is used for items lying on the seabed attached for recovery not recently cast

Surface Forms

lagend singular
lagends plural

Etymology

Lagend is easy to remember if you think of lag- as 'to lie' under the water; picture wreckage 'lying' on the sea bed with a buoy above it. So, lagend are goods or wreckage 'lying' on the sea bed and marked by a buoy so they can be recovered.