Associations to the word «Portage»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PORTAGE, noun. The cost of carrying or transporting.
PORTAGE, noun. Overland track between navigable waterways.
PORTAGE, noun. Carrying boats and supplies overland.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats