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
As for you," and the captain turned to Dunkers, "get your dunnage and your pay and hunt for another boat back.
From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold
Then, of course, they took their knapsacks, and both boys sent for dunnage bags of stout canvas.
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
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