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Portage

pɔːˈtɑːʒ

Portage definitions
noun
portage portages
  1. the carrying of a boat or its cargo between two navigable waters

    "the return journey was made much simpler by portage"

    • a place at which portage is necessary

      "a portage over the weir"

    • the action of carrying or transporting something

      "the cloister required an enormous labour of portage from the plain"

verb
portage portaged portages portaging
  1. carry (a boat or its cargo) between navigable waters

    "we portaged everything here"

    • (of a boat) be carried between or across unnavigable waters

      "the cataracts meant that boats had to portage on to the Lualaba"