rest

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

one of several stopping places established on a long portage (def. la). See pose 1933 quote.

See: portage ((n.))(def. 1a),pose(def. 1)

Quotations

1784

Got our things over the portage at two more rests, then entered a lac about one mile long.

2n.

the distance or track between two such stopping places.

See: pose(def. 2)

1798

In this hilly country . . . a Rest may be from five hundred to six hundred yards.