DCHP-1 Online
half portage Obs. 
a partial unloading of a canoe to enable it to pass a shallow or dangerous place.
See also: demi-decharge
- 1852 (1853) After an early breakfast we started off again, and during the forenoon we made three half portages, that is, the men taking out part of the luggage, and then pulled up the canoes by lines, or pole up the rapids with the half-loaded canoes.
- 1852 (1853) After an early breakfast we started off again, and during the forenoon we made three half portages, that is, the men taking out part of the luggage, and then pulled up the canoes by lines, or pole up the rapids with the half-loaded canoes.