Definition of 'portage'
Example sentences containing 'portage'
I needed to know where the portage was, otherwise I'd spend the whole day covering those four or five klicks to the river.FOOLS GOLD (2002) FOOLS GOLD (2002)
`I was in camp, up the river, across the other end of the portage.FOOLS GOLD (2002)
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Definition of portage from the Collins English Dictionary
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