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.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
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