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/pˈɔrtədʒ/ /pˈɔrtɪdʒ/ Listen

Portage

noun

The cost of carrying or transporting.

Overland track between navigable waterways.

Carrying boats and supplies overland.

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... Portage Dernier drove up to the log-cabin office and shook himself from his blankets; his soutane was rolled up around his waist and secured with safety-pins; his solid legs were encased in the heaviest of woollen trousers and innumerable long stockings. His appearance was ...

— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various

... grande chute, a wild succession of falls and pools where no boat could live for a moment. We ran down toward it as far as the water served, and then turned off among the rocks on the left hand, to take the portage. ...

— Little Rivers - A Book Of Essays In Profitable Idleness • Henry van Dyke

... la ligne du chemin de fer, prs du Portage du Rat, plusieurs de vos compatriotes qui sont occups l'achvement de cette grande et importante oeuvre nationale. Tous m'ont donn entendre qu'ils avaient crit leurs amis, pour leur conseiller de venir s'tablir Manitoba. Ils ajoutaient que, quant eux-mmes, leur unique ...

— Memories of Canada and Scotland - Speeches and Verses • John Douglas Sutherland Campbell

... lose the portage[168] in these sacred pleasures That knowes no end; to lose the fellowship Of Angels; lose the harmony of blessings Which crowne all Martyrs with eternity! Wilt ...

— Old English Plays, Vol. I - A Collection of Old English Plays • Various

... it was madness to think of descending here, and that a portage was necessary. The contents of the boats were lifted out, and then one of them was carried down over the rocks by the united strength of the party. They had gone half a mile when they came to a spot where they could ...

— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty

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