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Carrying your boat so the river doesn't have to carry you anywhere useful.
means To carry a boat and its gear overland between two stretches of navigable water, usually because rapids, rocks, or a lack of river got in the way.
from From French porter, 'to carry,' which traces back to Latin portare. The word rode into English via Canadian fur-trade routes, where voyageurs hauled canoes and bales of pelts around waterfalls and shallows — the same portare root that gives us 'porter,' 'transport,' and 'portable.'
- origin
- French porter, to carry
- canoe life
- trail between two bodies of water
- irony
- you leave the boat to save the boat
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