dunnage

[duhn-ij]

noun

baggage or personal effects.
loose material laid beneath or wedged among objects carried by ship or rail to prevent injury from chafing or moisture, or to provide ventilation.

verb (used with object), dun·naged, dun·nag·ing.

to cover or pack with dunnage.

Origin of dunnage

1615–25; earlier dynnage; compare Anglo-Latin dennagium dunnage; of obscure origin

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Examples from the Web for dunnage

Historical Examples of dunnage

The ledge was just large enough for the two of them, with what remained of their dunnage.
Still Jim
Honor Willsie Morrow
You will find two or three lumber gauges in the dunnage in the rear boat.
The Boy Scouts on the Yukon
Ralph Victor
They could have submitted to close stowage had the dunnage been decent.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
Various
Bring your dunnage into the first mate's room and take his place.
The Grain Ship
Morgan Robertson
You come out o' there, take your horse and your dunnage, and git.
Desert Conquest
A. M. Chisholm

British Dictionary definitions for dunnage

dunnage

noun

loose material used for packing cargo

Word Origin for dunnage

C14: of uncertain origin

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