Stowage
/ˈstoʊ.ɪdʒ/noun
The act or method of packing and storing goods, especially aboard a ship.
Did you know?Stowage comes from the same Old English root as *stow* (“a place”), so the word literally grew out of the idea of giving something a fixed place—one of the oldest human acts of control.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stā-
“to stand”
Old English
OE
stōw
“a place, position, or standing-place”
Middle English
ME
stowen
“to place, store, or pack away”
15th Century
English
stowage
“the act of storing or packing goods, especially in a ship”
Modern English
English
stowage
“the act or method of packing and storing goods”