DCHP-1 Online

lead ((v.)) [lid] Obs.

• v. drag a canoe upstream by hand, walking ahead, hand on gunwale.

  See also: hand  leading place  

  • 1775  (1951)  We passed over several Falls leading Canoes in Places. . . .
  • 1778  (1931)  Willm Lutit in attempting to Lead the Canoe up a fall was taken off his Legs by the Current and carried into the stream. . . .