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.
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The town proper is bordered on the west by the lateral canal of the Marne, across which lies a strip of ground separating it from the river itself.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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
A lateral canal unites the northern ends of the two main canals.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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
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 Peck, John Mason
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