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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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
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
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
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
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