Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BAG'GAGE, n. [Fr. bagage. Qu. Eng. package; D. pakkaadje, baggage, that which is packed. See Bag.]

1. The tents, clothing, utensils, and other necessaries of an army.
2. The clothing and other conveniencies which a traveler carries with him, on a journey. Having dispatched my baggage by water to Altdorf. – Coxe, Switz. [The English now call this luggage.]