v. & n.
v. 1 tr. & (foll. by in, through, among) intr. search, esp. untidily and unsystematically. 2 tr. (foll. by out, up) find among other things. 3 tr. (foll. by about) disarrange; make untidy in searching.
n. 1 an instance of rummaging. 2 things found by rummaging; a miscellaneous accumulation. rummage sale esp. US a jumble sale. rummager n.
[ earlier as noun in obs. sense 'arranging of casks etc. in a hold': OF arrumage f. arrumer stow (as AD-, run ship's hold f. MDu. ruim ROOM) ]