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Portage was borrowed from French back in the 15th century to mean "carrying, transporting" or "freight", and it has kept its simple "carrying" sense to the present day.
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Portage or portaging (CA: / pɔːrˈtɑːʒ /; US: / ˈpɔːrtɪdʒ /) 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 path where items are regularly carried between bodies of water is also called a portage.
PORTAGE meaning: 1. a place or route where a boat must be carried, especially over land between two areas of water…. Learn more.
Portage is a payment, usually to the captain or owner of a boat, for carrying cargo. A portage is also a bridge between two waterways. A business that sells goods to many parts of the world will probably pay portage at some point: a fee to a boat for carrying cargo.
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- the act of carrying; carriage. 2. the carrying of boats, supplies, etc., overland from one navigable water to another. 3. the route over which this is done. 4. the cost of carriage. 5. to make a portage. 6. to carry over a portage: to portage a canoe.