portage
(noun) carrying boats and supplies overland
portage
(noun) overland track between navigable waterways
portage
(noun) the cost of carrying or transporting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
portage (countable and uncountable, plural portages)
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.
Carrying capacity; tonnage.
The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
A porthole.
portage (third-person singular simple present portages, present participle portaging, simple past and past participle portaged)
(nautical) To carry a boat overland
• potager, top gear
Portage
A community in the Regional Municipality of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
A ghost town and former settlement in Alaska, United States, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1964.
A city in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana, United States.
A city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.
A town in Livingston County, New York, United States.
A village in Wood County, Ohio, United States.
A home rule borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States.
A small town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, named after Portage County in Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.
• potager, top gear
Source: Wiktionary
Port"age (; 48), n. Etym: [From 2d Port.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
Port"age, n. Etym: [3d Port.]
Definition: A porthole. [Obs.] Shak.
Por"tage, n. Etym: [F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry.]
1. The act of carrying or transporting.
2. The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.
3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
Por"tage, v. t. & i.
Definition: To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
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