baggage

Definition

Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling

Etymology

From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag. By surface analysis, bag + -age.

Example Sentences

• "Please put your baggage in the trunk."
• "As soon as they had determined on their course, Ya-nei slid under the bed, and made himself a place among the baggages."
• "Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier baggage."