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

It was afterward necessary to repair the old lateral canal which had been dug out of the rock in the times of the Royal Extraction, but which had been torn open for a considerable length.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

Castelsarrasin, situated on the left bank of the lateral canal of the Garonne and about a mile from the right bank of that river, is surrounded by promenades occupying the site of the old fortifications.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

They were riding together down the line of the northern lateral canal, with Bourke Fitzpatrick's new headquarters in the field for the prospective night's bivouac.

From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis

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

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