halage

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.laʒ/

• France (Lyon)

  (file)

Noun

halage m (plural halages)

1. haulage
2. towing path, towpath

Further reading

• “halage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.