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

The Meuse is canalized within the department, and the Canal des Ardennes, uniting that river with the Aisne, and the lateral canal of the Aisne are together about 65 m. long.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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 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

Engineers reported that a lateral canal connecting the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay was not feasible.

From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Hulbert, Archer Butler