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portage
1[ pawr-tij, pohr-, pawr-tahzh ]
noun
- the act of carrying; carriage.
- the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another.
- the route over which this is done.
- the cost of carriage.
verb (used without object)
- to make a portage:
On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile.
verb (used with object)
- to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with:
We portaged our canoe around the rapids.
Portage
2[ pawr-tij, pohr- ]
noun
- a city in SW Michigan.
- a town in NW Indiana.
portage
/ pɔrtaʒ; ˈpɔːtɪdʒ /
noun
- the act of carrying; transport
- the cost of carrying or transporting
- the act or process of transporting boats, supplies, etc, overland between navigable waterways
- the route overland used for such transport
verb
- to transport (boats, supplies, etc) overland between navigable waterways
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Origin of portage1
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Example Sentences
Right then we switched to rock portage and charged back down the beach to get the IBS into the water.
It would have been less labor to have tied the beasts, put them into the boat, and hauled it across the portage.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when they commenced their preparations for making this extraordinary portage.
Making up their bundles as usual, they commenced a struggle with the intricacies and obstacles of the portage.
The place of transit from one river to the other was known for years as the Portage.
The portage was a long mile but the girls were accustomed to hiking and took it at a brisk pace.
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