Dictionary entry

Channel (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chan″nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Channeled (?), or Channelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Channeling, or Channelling.] 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.

No more shall trenching war channel her fields.

Shak.

2. To course through or over, as in a channel. Cowper.