Debris or
débris (
UK: or ;
US: ) is
rubble, wreckage,
ruins,
litter and discarded
garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, discarded, or as in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc. Depending on context,
debris can refer to a number of different things. The first apparent use of the French word in English is in a 1701 description of the army of
Prince Rupert upon its retreat from a battle with the army of Oliver Cromwell, in England.