leading place

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a shallow or rocky place in a river, where a canoe had to be pulled along by hand.

Quotations

1778

. . . came to a bad leeding place about 100 yds long . . . went 5 Miles very crooked and came to a very bad leeding place. . . .