lateral canal

American  

noun

1. a canal running parallel to a stream that is inconvenient or impossible to navigate.

2. one of a number of irrigation canals distributing water from a main canal.

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Example Sentences

Roughly paralleling the stage trail ran the line of the proposed southern lateral canal, marked by its double row of location stakes.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

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

The inner court and the façade that overhangs the lateral canal, display the handiwork of Sansovino.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington

Hoskins, the engine-driver, leaning from his window, pointed out the projected course of the southern lateral canal in the great irrigation system.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

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