DUNNAGE

Etymology

Noun

dunnage (usually uncountable, plural dunnages)

(chiefly, transport) Scrap material, often wood, used to fill spaces to prevent the shifting of more valuable items during transport, or underneath large or heavy items to raise them slightly above the ground, in order to protect from chafing and wet.

Personal effects; baggage.

Anagrams

• Dane gun, dunegan, gunnade

Source: Wiktionary

Dun"nage, n. Etym: [Cf. Dun a mound.] (Naut.)

Definition: Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition