CANAL

I. noun see: cane Date: 15th century a tubular anatomical passage or channel ; duct , channel , watercourse , an artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land, any of various faint narrow lines on the planet Mars seen through telescopes and once thought by some to be ~s built by Martians, II. transitive verb (-nalled or -naled; -nalling or -naling) Date: 1793 to construct a ~ through or across