carrying place
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The stream was low, in spite of heavy rains that had drenched them on the carrying place.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Parkman, Francis
At last we reached the four-mile carrying place, from the Dead River to the stream that leads into Lake Megantic.
From The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 by Watson, Henry C.
To the last, the Miamis clung to their old carrying place.
From The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 by Barce, Elmore
This day we rowed 20 miles and passed a short carrying place.
From An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775 by Stocking, Abner
Three leagues up the marshy and oats-choked Fox River, constantly widening to little lakes and receding to a throat of a channel, brought the explorers to the portage, or carrying place.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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