luggage rack

luggage rack (plural luggage racks)

1. A rack attached to a car or other vehicle, used to hold luggage or similar items.

   Hyponym: roof rack

   • 1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173:

     […] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 73:

     Above each seat was 'an ormolu luggage rack with finely chased ornamentation and panels of brass treillage'.

   • 2015, Jim Loomis, All Aboard: The Complete North American Train Travel Guide, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 150:

     As do the coaches, these sleeping cars have a large luggage rack located on the lower level of the car where you enter.

   • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:

     Many seats carry reservation labels, while the luggage racks are festooned with backpacks and suitcases.