DCHP-1 Online

carry-place Obs.

• n. on a waterway, a place where both canoe (or other vessel) and cargo are carried from one lake or river to another or around rapids, falls, or other obstructions.

  See also: portage ((n.))  

  • 1798  (1957)  The country at the carry-place is open and dry, and the surrounding country soft and level.