DCHP-2

rest Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  one of several stopping places established on a long portage (def. la). See pose 1933 quote.

  See also: portage ((n.)) (def. 1a)  pose (def. 1)  

  • 1784  (1790)  Got our things over the portage at two more rests, then entered a lac about one mile long.

• 2 n.

  the distance or track between two such stopping places.

  See also: pose (def. 2)  

  • 1798  (1916)  In this hilly country . . . a Rest may be from five hundred to six hundred yards.