PORTAGE

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

portage (third-person singular simple present portages, present participle portaging, simple past and past participle portaged)

(nautical) To carry a boat overland

Anagrams

• potager, top gear

Proper noun

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.

Anagrams

• potager, top gear

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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