canalling
- 1Present participle and gerund of canal.
Canalling along the inland network gave them a leisurely view of villages most travelers never see.
He took up canalling after retiring, drifting from one lock to the next.
Note
One -ing form carries two different verbs. The first means digging an artificial waterway through a place, especially to drain it. The second means traveling along a canal by boat. As a gerund naming a pastime, the boating meaning is the one in play, as in took up canalling or canalling along the inland network. In the progressive, the object decides: crews canalling a marsh are digging, while a family canalling for a week is afloat.
canalling is a form of canal
canal, verb: To dig an artificial waterway through or to a place, especially in order to drain it. Full entry
- Spelling
- canal → canalling: double the l, add -ing
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