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carry-place
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
on a waterway, a place where both canoe (or other vessel) and cargo are carried from one lake or river to another or around rapids, falls, or other obstructions.
See: portage ((n.))
Quotations
1798
The country at the carry-place is open and dry, and the surrounding country soft and level.