C17: of Scottish origin, possibly from a variant of obsolete spoon to scud + drift
spoondrift in American English
(ˈspuːnˌdrɪft)
noun
spindrift
Word origin
[1760–70; spoon, var. of obs. spoom (of a ship) to run or scud before the wind + drift]This word is first recorded in the period 1760–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: broadcast, letdown, plunk, right of way, toggle