luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/ noun3 •all the bags someone packs with belongings and takes along on a tripAugust 4, 1726, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I am gathering up my luggage, and preparing for my journey. •The contents of such containers. •(nonstandard, no longer used) A specific bag or container holding a traveller's belongings.I assisted some time ago in cutting up a tree, that made tolerably good turns or luggage for nineteen or twenty persons, which could be procured for about two dollars at the stump. — 1858 formsluggages