salvage
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verb with object
rescue (a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo) from loss at sea:
【火災･難破船などから】〈物など〉を運び出す, 救い出す, 救う «from» ; 〈沈没船〉を引き揚げる (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. an emerald and gold cross was salvaged from the wreck.
retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances:
【困難な状況から】〈有益なこと〉を得る «from» ; 〈廃品〉を回収する
e.g. it was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal.
noun
the rescue of a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from loss at sea:
〖しばしば形容詞的に〗海難救助, (沈没船の)引き揚げ; (火災からの)家財救出
e.g. as modifier : a salvage operation was under way.
the cargo saved from a wrecked or sunken ship:
救出された財産［財貨］; 引き揚げられた船.
e.g. salvage taken from a ship that had sunk in the river.
the rescue of property or material from potential loss or destruction.
Law payment made or due to a person who has saved a ship or its cargo.
DERIVATIVES
salvageable adjective
salvager noun
ORIGIN
mid 17th century (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare ‘to save’. The verb dates from the late 19th century.