Portage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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), por·taged, por·tag·ing.
  1. to make a portage: On this stretch of the river, we have to portage for a mile.
verb (used with object), por·taged, por·tag·ing.
  1. to carry (something) over a portage; make a portage with: We portaged our canoe around the rapids.
noun
  1. a city in SW Michigan.
  2. a town in NW Indiana.
noun
  1. the act of carrying; transport
  2. the cost of carrying or transporting
  3. the act or process of transporting boats, supplies, etc, overland between navigable waterways
  4. the route overland used for such transport
verb
  1. to transport (boats, supplies, etc) overland between navigable waterways
Portage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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