Portage

Quick meaning: Portage is a noun meaning An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.

Meaning

An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.

More Meanings

1. The route used for such carrying.
2. A charge made for carrying something.
3. Carrying capacity; tonnage.
4. The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
5. A porthole.
6. (nautical, transitive) To carry a boat overland.

Example Sentences

gaining thereby the charge of portage; was a great benefit to them

You’d better leave it to him to decide whether it’s worth lumping a canoe along and portageing.

Those who haven’t experienced an overnight canoe trip can’t imagine the joys, tensions and learning packed into three days of canoeing, portageing, cooking meals in the open and sleeping under the stars.

Two months have now elapsed since the work was first begun, viz: from the 20th of last December to the 20th instant, fully one month of which has been occupied in exploring, and the remainder in camping, portageing and measuring; […]

Word Forms

• portages
• portaging
• portaged

Related Words

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