An American frontier and fur-trade term for a stretch of river where the water is forced through a narrow rocky channel, creating dangerous white water.
An American frontier and fur-trade term for a stretch of river where the water is forced through a narrow rocky channel, creating dangerous white water. Most famous in 'The Dalles' on the Columbia River, Oregon, which was a major portage point on the Oregon Trail. Likely from French 'dalle' (flagstone, trough).
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The canoeists lined their boats around the dalls rather than risk capsizing in the churning water.
(US, obsolete) Rapids; a rough section of water.