The hollow bed where a
stream of water runs or may run.
The deeper part of a river, harbor,
strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the
best and safest passage for vessels.
A strait, or narrow
sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British
Channel.
That through which anything passes;
means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was
conveyed to us by different channels.
A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted
column.
Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to
the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds
and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
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