(nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the 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.

plural of channel

Formal lines of command and procedure.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of channel

(Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel.: A strait separating Great Britain, United Kingdom, from France, on the margins of the Atlantic, with Europe

A former village, a district of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by lowering the body with respect to the frame rails.

simple past tense and past participle of channel

To form a channel, especially by deepening or altering the course of a river. / (transitive) To transmit through a channel. / (transitive) To multiplex (messages) through a single line.

present participle of channel