dunnage
Americannoun
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baggage or personal effects.
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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)
noun
Etymology
Origin of dunnage
1615–25; earlier dynnage; compare Anglo-Latin dennagium dunnage; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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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
"Glad of that!" said Stirling, stooping on one knee and reaching for his dunnage bag.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
With like vigour the rest were embarked, their "dunnage" flung after them; the warps were immediately let go, and the ship began to move ahead.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
Happy the choice of the Virginian mother who could not spare her boy on that summer day, and sent aboard the man-of-war in Potomac's stream for his dunnage!
From The Ifs of History by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
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