DCHP-1 Online

half-load

• n. a partial unloading of a canoe to enable it to pass a shallow or dangerous place.

  See also: demi-decharge  

  • 1804  (1897)  Water exceedingly low. We made continual décharges and half-loads.
  • 1884  The Demi-charge or Half load rapid was about fifteen miles above the Roche rouge.