ˈstōij, -ōēj noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from stowen to stow + -age
1.
a. : an act or process of stowing
facilitate the stowage of wine casks — G.S.L.Clowes
b. : goods in storage or to be stowed
crates and other stowage piled up on the dock
c. : the manner of stowing
faulty stowage … causes a cargo shift — E.B.Garside
2.
a. : storage capacity
she has excellent stowage for food and water — Peter Heaton
b. : a place or receptacle for storage
a stowage in a London granary containing 500 tons of … wheat — R.W.Owen
booms situated amidships … constituted the stowage for spare spars — Manual of Seamanship
3. : storage
jewels of rich and exquisite form … and I am something curious, being strange, to have them in safe stowage — Shakespeare