stowage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the charge for stowing goods
  2. noun a room in which things are stored
    storeroom; storage room.
  3. noun the act of packing or storing away
    stowing.

WordNet

Stow"age noun
Definitions
  1. The act or method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.
  2. Room in which things may be stowed. Cook.
    In every vessel is stowage for immense treasures. Addison.
  3. The state of being stowed, or put away. "To have them in safe stowage." Shak.
  4. Things stowed or packed. Beau. & Fl.
  5. Money paid for stowing goods.

Webster 1913