portage path

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a path followed by persons making a portage (def. 2a).

Quotations

1831

After a little searching we found a portage-path which led to a small lake.

1965

In the forest, water levels are more stable and a portage path becomes well established, indicating whether, where, and how far to portage.