naufrage

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Naufrage \Nau"frage\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr. L. naufragium; navis +
   frangere.]
   Shipwreck; ruin. [Obs.] --acon.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

NAUFRAGE, French mar. law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, the 
impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed 
up, or so shattered that there remain only the pieces, the accident is 
called naufrage. 
     2. It differs from echouement, which is, when the vessel, remains 
whole, but is grounded; or from bris, which is, when it strikes against a 
rock or a coast; or from sombrer, which is, the sinking of the vessel in the 
sea, when it is swallowed up, and which may be caused by any accident 
whatever. Pardes. n. 643, Vide Wreck.