canal boat

Noun
Synonyms: narrow boatnarrowboat

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canalsSynonyms: narrow boatnarrowboat
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. [1913 Webster]

2.(Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. [1913 Webster]

3.A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [1913 Webster]

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