portage

port·age

The portage of the hotel guest's luggage was taken care of by the bellhop.

noun

Portage is defined as the act of carrying or transporting, or payment for carrying, or carrying small boats over land between two bodies of water.

An example of portage is bringing suitcases up to the hotel room.
An example of portage is taking a canoe out of the river right before the rapids and carrying it down the side of the river and then replacing the canoe into the river after the rapids.

1. the act of carrying or transporting
2. the charge for this
1. a carrying of boats and supplies overland from one lake or river to another, as during a canoe trip
2. any route over which this is done

Origin of portage

Middle English from Middle French from Medieval Latin portaticum from Classical Latin portare, to carry: see fare

transitive verb

intransitive verb

-·taged, -·tag·ing

to carry (a canoe, supplies, etc.) over a portage

noun

a. The act or an instance of carrying.
b. A charge for carrying.
Nautical
a. The carrying of boats and supplies overland between two waterways or around an obstacle to navigation.
b. A track or route used for such carrying.

tr. & intr.v.

port·aged, port·ag·ing, port·ag·es Nautical

To transport or travel by portage: canoed and portaged the goods; portaging around the rapids.

Origin of portage

Middle English from Old French from porter to carry from Latin portāre ; see per-² in Indo-European roots.

portage

Noun

(plural portages)

An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
The route used for such carrying.
A charge made for carrying something.
Carrying capacity; tonnage.
The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
A porthole.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present portages, present participle portaging, simple past and past participle portaged)

Origin

French, from porter (“to carry").

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