ship-broken, pa. pple. and ppl. a. Chiefly Sc.; now rare.
(ˈʃɪpbrəʊk(ə)n)
Also 5 -broke.
[f. ship n.1 + broken, after shipbreche. Cf. MDu. schipbroken.]
Shipwrecked; broken or destitute through shipwreck.
| 13.. Metr. Hom. in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LVII. 314 A pore schip broken marinere. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paulus) 924 Thriis schipe-brokine in þe se. 1474 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 72 To iiij pure Franche men.., schipbrokin men,..iij li. 1513 Douglas æneis iii. viii. 92 Scillacium quhar schip brokin mony be. 1602 in Extr. Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) II. 139 Giff ony skipper be schipbrokin. 1623 in Harl. Misc. (1809) III. 462 He died ship-broken upon the sea-coast of Ireland. 1661 in Godolphin's View Admir. Jurisd. App. 183 The Lord of that place..ought to be aiding..to the said distressed Merchants..in saving their Ship-broken-goods. 1878 Hall Caine Deemster xxxix, Six or seven poor ship-broken men... In the middle of the night they had come ashore on a raft. |