PORTAGE

Portage

Portage or portaging is the practice of carrying water craft or cargo over land, either around an obstacle in a river, or between two bodies of water. A place where this carrying occurs is also called a portage.

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portage

Noun

  1. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
  2. The route used for such carrying.
  3. A charge made for carrying something.
  4. Carrying capacity; tonnage.
  5. The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
  6. A porthole.

Verb

  1. To carry a boat overland


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