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

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 Tyndall, John

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

The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by a fine canal-bridge 720 yds. in length.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" 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