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portage route 
a path followed by persons making a portage (def. 2a).
See also: portage path (def. 2a)
- 1905 On Monday morning George took an axe and cut us a portage route from our camp through the swamp a mile and half to the foot of a steep hill.
- 1958 . . . he found a portage route from the east end of Lake Athabasca. . . .
- 1905 On Monday morning George took an axe and cut us a portage route from our camp through the swamp a mile and half to the foot of a steep hill.