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Verb
/ˈpôrtij/,
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portages, plural;
  1. Carry (a boat or its cargo) between navigable waters
    • - they are incapable of portaging a canoe
    • - they would only run the rapid if they couldn't portage
  2. (of a boat) Be carried between navigable waters
    • - the cataracts meant that boats had to portage on to the Lualaba
Noun
  1. The carrying of a boat or its cargo between two navigable waters
    • - the return journey was made much simpler by portage
  2. A place at which this is necessary
    • - a portage over the dam
  3. The action of carrying or transporting something

  1. the cost of carrying or transporting
  2. overland track between navigable waterways
  3. carrying boats and supplies overland
  4. Portage or portaging refers to the practice of carrying watercraft or cargo over land to avoid river obstacles, or between two bodies of water. A place where this carrying occurs is also called a portage; a person doing the carrying is called a porter.
  5. Portage is a train station in Portage, Wisconsin, United States, served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. ...
  6. Portage was a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.
  7. Portage is a borough within Portage Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Ebensburg and west-southwest of Altoona. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Coal mining was the lifeblood of Portage. ...
  8. Portage is a package management system used by Gentoo, based on the concept of ports collections. Gentoo is sometimes referred to as a meta-distribution due to the extreme flexibility of Portage, which even makes it operating-system-independent. ...
  9. Portage is a city in and the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,728 at the 2000 census and was estimated at 9,802 in 2007, making it the largest city in Columbia County. The city is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  10. An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways; The route used for such carrying; A charge made for carrying something; To carry a boat overland
  11. To carry the boats around a rapid, necessary around Class VI rapids and other obstacles.
  12. in places where there are dangerous waters, canoes or boats and supplies are carried overland until they can be put back in the water
  13. How you get your gear and canoe across a stretch of land between two bodies of water. A solid reason why canoe-campers, like backpackers, attempt to reduce their gear to the lightest load possible.
  14. [top] To carry your canoe on your back.  To do this your canoe will need a carrying thwart.
  15. a path along which canoes or other small boats are carried between navigable bodies of water.
  16. Carrying boats and gear on land to avoid a difficult stretch of water. Also refers to carrying a canoe or kayak from place to place.
  17. To lift craft out of the water and carry them past an obstruction such as a lock, weir or rapids.
  18. a French fur-trade term, referring to a path along which one must carry one's boat and any load, from one waterway to another, or around rapids.
  19. to portage means to take all your gear out of the canoe and carry the empty canoe over dry land and then make similar trips with all the equipment. Canoe Outpost will not knowingly put you on a trip that you will have to "portage". See drag or walk the canoe.
  20. To carry one's bike. Not really as much fun as riding a bike but nevertheless necessary at times when the trail becomes too difficult to ride.
  21. Home based pre-school education for children with special educational needs. There is a national Portage association, which provides a Code of Practice and accredited training. Portage home visitors work in partnership with parents, helping parents to help their child.
  22. an overhauled trail between bodies of water that must be hiked when there’s no traversable waterway access (it entails carrying canoes, packs, and all other gear)
  23. To walk around a feature or section of river, carrying the boat.
  24. Competitors (and their designated helpers where approved) shall disembark in a defined area, carry their craft around the portage (over a bank, weir etc) and embark in the defined area to continue racing on water.
  25. From the French "carry," usually referring to the carrying of a canoe from one water body to another.