portage
POR-tij
The act of carrying a boat and gear overland between two navigable bodies of water, or around an obstacle in a river — a waterfall, a dam, an impassable rapid. Also the trail used for this carrying. Portage routes were the original highways of the North American interior, and many modern roads follow them.
Etymology
Old French portage, from porter, to carry, from Latin portare. The word names the burden and the path in a single syllable.
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