Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Canal \Ca*nal"\, n.
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately
uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as,
Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Canal \Ca*nal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel;
prob. from a root signifying ``to cut''; cf. D. kanaal, fr.
the French. Cf. {Channel}, {Kennel} gutter.]
1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for
navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the
semicircular canals of the ear.
{Canal boat}, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar
shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on
the towpath beside the canal.
{Canal lock}. See {Lock}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
canal
n 1: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once
thought to be a system of channels; they are now
believed to be an optical illusion
2: a bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other
substance [syn: {duct}, {channel}]
3: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for
irrigation
v : provide with a canal, as of a city [syn: {canalize}, {canalise}]
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