sea chest

noun2

1. •
   A box or case used to store a sailor's property.

   • I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow — a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, […] — 1881
2. •
   A recess in the hull of a ship, usually rectangular or cylindrical.