lateral canal
Americannoun
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a canal running parallel to a stream that is inconvenient or impossible to navigate.
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one of a number of irrigation canals distributing water from a main canal.
Example Sentences
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The White Water Canal, including a lateral canal or rail-road, to connect said canal with the Central or White river canal.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck
It is skirted on the west by the Garonne itself, and on the north by its lateral canal.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
We could see the water escape from it through a lateral canal at its bottom, and doubtless the water of the Grand Moulin found a similar exit.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
Briare, the Brivodorum of the Romans, is situated at the extremity of the Canal of Briare, which unites the Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the Seine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
The river is crossed by a stone bridge, by a suspension bridge for foot-passengers, and by a fine canal bridge, carrying the lateral canal.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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