DCHP-1 Online
discharge ((n.)) [trans. of Cdn F décharge] Hist. 
n.
See also: décharge
- 1761 (1901) In this distance, there are four carrying-places, besides three or four decharges, or discharges, which are places where the merchandize only is carried, and are therefore distinguishable from portages, or carrying-places, where the canoe itself is taken out of the water, and transported on men's shoulders.
- 1793 (1933) Left the Grand River at Mattawin in which we made eighteen portages and about as many discharges.
- 1824 (1939) The first step . . . is the repairing of portages, discharges and other impediments.
- 1931 Sometimes it was not necessary to portage around an obstruction, but merely to remove some of the lading from the canoe. Such spots were termed décharges, which promptly became "discharges" in the English vocabulary of the clerk, proprietor, and passenger.
- 1761 (1901) In this distance, there are four carrying-places, besides three or four decharges, or discharges, which are places where the merchandize only is carried, and are therefore distinguishable from portages, or carrying-places, where the canoe itself is taken out of the water, and transported on men's shoulders.