portage–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.
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[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME <>