Sentence:  He brought down with him to our haunted house a little cask of salt beef; for, he is always convinced that all salt beef not of his own pickling, is mere carrion, and invariably, when he goes to London, packs a piece in his <WSD>portmanteau</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.