Definition of "traveling-bag" [traveling-bag]

• A bag or wallet, usually of leather, for carrying necessaries on a journey: sometimes provided with a special set of toilet articles, and then known in the trade as a fitted bag. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The young girl took it, after placing by her side a modest traveling-bag of red leather, which seemed to constitute all her luggage."
• "She opened her traveling-bag for the last time, and pausing for"
• "Mrs. Lecount composedly opened the traveling-bag and took out her smelling bottle, in case of emergency."