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   portage

   /pɔːˈtɑːʒ/

   noun

   • 1. the carrying of a boat or its cargo between two navigable waters: "the return journey was made much simpler by portage"
   • ▪ a place at which portage is necessary: "a portage over the weir"
   • ▪ the action of carrying or transporting something: "the cloister required an enormous labour of portage from the plain"

   verb

   • 1. carry (a boat or its cargo) between navigable waters: "we portaged everything here"
   • ▪ (of a boat) be carried between or across unnavigable waters: "the cataracts meant that boats had to portage on to the Lualaba"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, from porter ‘carry’. The sense relating to carrying between navigable waters dates from the late 17th century.

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