dunnage

American  

[duhn-ij] / ˈdʌn ɪdʒ /

noun

1. baggage or personal effects.

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

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verb (used with object)

dunnaged, dunnaging

1. to cover or pack with dunnage.

dunnage British  

/ ˈdʌnɪdʒ /

noun

1. loose material used for packing cargo

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Etymology

Origin of dunnage

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

Example Sentences

But anybody who can tell a top carling from a garboard strake will want a copy of Spring Tides in his dunnage the next time he does a windward dozen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Passengers groped about their staterooms in search of fur coats; the cooks burned hatch covers and dunnage in their stoves.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You keep the two horses with the dunnage bags, 103 and our own packhorse, in front of you, just behind the last rider,” he said to Joe.

From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard

Why don't he take his thundering dunnage and go for'ard, where he belongs, and cook me some grub when he knows I haven't had anything to eat sence sunup?

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

With him he brought infinite luggage—everything from a steamer roll to a canvas dunnage bag, all of it portable.

From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack