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halage

Pronunciation: /a.laʒ/

“halage” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. haulage
  2. towing path, towpath

In French

  1. Action de haler quelque chose.
  2. Action de haler un bateau; de le tirer à soi avec une corde, de lui imprimer un mouvement de translation à l’aide de moteurs agissant sur les bords d’un canal ou d’une rivière.

Etymology

From haler + -age. The towpath sense arose by ellipsis from chemin de halage.

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