portage
noun
the act of carrying; carriage.
had portaged
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past perfectof portage.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"I understand they only kept together until they had portaged their outfit across the divide."
From The Lure of the North by Harold Bindloss
Forty miles we had portaged from Lake Disappointment.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
It was still early in the morning when we arrived at the point where we had portaged into the river.
From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace
We had portaged through a valley and over a low ridge to the shores of a pond, out of which a small stream ran to the southeast.
From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace
These were the most violent rapids we had yet met, not excepting the ones we had portaged.
From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
