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por·tage       [pawr-tij, pohr-, or, for 2, 3, 5, 6, pawr-tahzh] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -taged, -tag·ing.
–noun
1.the act of carrying; carriage.
2.the carrying of boats, goods, etc., overland from one navigable water to another.
3.the route over which this is done.
4.the cost of carriage.
–verb (used without object)
5.to make a portage: On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile.
–verb (used with object)
6.to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with: We portaged our canoe around the rapids.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < MF; see port5, -age]
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port·age       (pôr'tĭj, pōr'-, pôr-täzh')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act or an instance of carrying.
    2. A charge for carrying.
    3. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
    4. A track or route used for such carrying.
  2. Nautical
    1. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
    2. A track or route used for such carrying.

tr. & intr.v.   port·aged, port·ag·ing, port·ag·es Nautical
To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids.


[Middle English, from Old French, from porter, to carry, from Latin portāre; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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