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Meaning of DUNNAGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dun"nage\, n. [Cf. {Dun} a mound.] (Naut.)
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.
 
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