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Definition of dunnage in English: dunnagenounˈdʌnɪdʒˈdənɪdʒ mass noun1Loose wood, matting, or similar material used to keep a cargo in position in a ship's hold. Example sentencesExamples - When the hatch cover was closed the fire was smouldering in the dunnage, most likely the carpet, and the vessel sailed from Constanza in that condition.
- Other waste reduction opportunities may involve the packaging, protective dunnage, trailer loading pattern and timing for delivering parts to assembly lines or after-market parts distributors.
- One occasion I recall was a crew moving some assembled GBU - 24 guided bombs on a ready pad from one row of dunnage to the other.
- But it seems to me that selling boxes half-full of dunnage is likely to gain you sales only once, and subsequently to backfire on the seller.
- At least 6 inches of airspace should be between the ammunition and protective covering on the sides, 6 inches of dunnage should be on the bottom, and the roof should be 18 inches from the top of the stack.
2dated, informal A person's belongings, especially those brought on board ship. Example sentencesExamples - Mr. Hornblower, you are to gather your dunnage and return to Indefatigable.
- This man, our head packer, would supervise the loading of our eight strings of livestock (a packer, his horse, and five mules per string) that would carry our food, dunnage, and commissary equipment.
- The arrival of mule strings with dunnage and cooking equipment set the camp into a frenzy.
- In the Sierra's chill morning air we packed our dunnage, weighed it in again, and gathered in quiet groups around the 20-gallon coffeepot.
- If the following day's hike is to be seven miles or less, the pack train carries commissary supplies and equipment up to the new camp in the morning, returns in the afternoon for dunnage, and packs up again.
Synonyms belongings, possessions, stuff, property, worldly goods, goods, personal effects, effects, paraphernalia, impedimenta, bits and pieces, bits and bobs
Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. Definition of dunnage in US English: dunnagenounˈdənijˈdənɪdʒ mass noun1Loose wood, matting, or similar material used to keep a cargo in position in a ship's hold. Example sentencesExamples - But it seems to me that selling boxes half-full of dunnage is likely to gain you sales only once, and subsequently to backfire on the seller.
- One occasion I recall was a crew moving some assembled GBU - 24 guided bombs on a ready pad from one row of dunnage to the other.
- When the hatch cover was closed the fire was smouldering in the dunnage, most likely the carpet, and the vessel sailed from Constanza in that condition.
- Other waste reduction opportunities may involve the packaging, protective dunnage, trailer loading pattern and timing for delivering parts to assembly lines or after-market parts distributors.
- At least 6 inches of airspace should be between the ammunition and protective covering on the sides, 6 inches of dunnage should be on the bottom, and the roof should be 18 inches from the top of the stack.
2dated, informal A person's belongings, especially those brought on board ship. Example sentencesExamples - If the following day's hike is to be seven miles or less, the pack train carries commissary supplies and equipment up to the new camp in the morning, returns in the afternoon for dunnage, and packs up again.
- This man, our head packer, would supervise the loading of our eight strings of livestock (a packer, his horse, and five mules per string) that would carry our food, dunnage, and commissary equipment.
- Mr. Hornblower, you are to gather your dunnage and return to Indefatigable.
- The arrival of mule strings with dunnage and cooking equipment set the camp into a frenzy.
- In the Sierra's chill morning air we packed our dunnage, weighed it in again, and gathered in quiet groups around the 20-gallon coffeepot.
Synonyms belongings, possessions, stuff, property, worldly goods, goods, personal effects, effects, paraphernalia, impedimenta, bits and pieces, bits and bobs
Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. |