DCHP-2
portage route DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
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.