Editing Suitcase (section)

===12th century to late 19th century: Luggage before the suitcase===
{{Main article|Baggage}}
During the [[Crusades]], the first luggage—wheeled containers used to transport weaponry—was developed in 1153.<ref name="telegraphhistory">{{cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Annabel Fenwick |title=From the Crusades to robotic cases, the surprisingly interesting 1,000-year history of luggage |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/arts-and-culture/history-of-suitcase-luggage/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=27 November 2022 |date=28 September 2018}}</ref> The word "[[wikt:luggage|luggage]]", derived from the verb "[[wikt:lug#English|lug]]", was added to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] in 1596 to mean "denoting inconveniently heavy baggage".<ref name="tlhistory" /> Luggage prior to the invention of the suitcase was mostly wood and leather [[trunk (luggage)|trunk]]s with an iron base, which were waterproofed using [[canvas]] or tree sap. Servants were often made to carry these trunks for their owners, such as for European elites during the [[Grand Tour]] in the 18th century, since travel was mostly exclusive to the wealthy.<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Gross |first2=Daniel A. |title=The History of the Humble Suitcase |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-humble-suitcase-180951376/ |website=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |access-date=25 November 2022 |language=en |date=9 May 2014}}</ref>