Packed or stored something neatly and compactly in a space, usually to hide it or save room.
From Old Norse 'staum' meaning to place or stow. The word evolved through Middle English and Dutch 'stouwen' to mean packing cargo on ships, eventually becoming the general term for storing things away.
Sailors developed this word because ships had limited storage space, and how you packed cargo meant the difference between a successful voyage and disaster—it literally shaped maritime vocabulary!
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