A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; formerly written romage
To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; formerly written roomage, and romage
To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf
If you rummage through something, you search for something you want by moving things around in a careless or hurried way. They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes for something that fits = root Rummage is also a noun. A brief rummage will provide several pairs of gloves. Rummage about and rummage around mean the same as rummage. I opened the fridge and rummaged about He rummaged around the post room and found the document. to search for something by moving things around in a careless or hurried way rummage in/through etc