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portage work
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the carrying of canoes or boats and their cargoes at a portage (def. la).
Quotations
1905
It was a large party, heavily laden, and, in the absence of help, the portage work at the Dalles of the Columbia river would have taken a long time.