Lagan

Quick meaning: Lagan is a noun meaning (law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

Meaning

(law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

Example Sentences

Lagan are those things that are intentionally jettisoned, as well, but which sink below the surface, possibly marked by a buoy or a line.

The country folk, who were prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend, and crowded to meet the richer prize.

"Lagan" was a word already in use, recorded as early as 1200, from a Scandinavian word family for things that lie deep. It is recorded again in 1531 to signify cargo that has sunk and lies on the bottom of the ocean, but might yet be reclaimed.

Word Forms

• lagen
• lagend
• lagon

Synonyms for lagan

Depending on context, synonyms include ligan, lagend.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ligan, lagend, respondentia, loanland, locum, livery.

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