| 单词 | canal lift |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanal lift canal lift n. a boat lift used instead of a lock or locks for transferring canal boats from one level to another. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > inclined plane or lift for passing boat over canal lift1831 canal incline1852 boat slide1860 1831 Reg. Pennsylvania 4 June 353/2 On a rail road, a few inclined planes, executed generally at as little cost, and passed over in as small a space of time as an equal number of locks would require, surmount often twenty times the elevation of an ordinary canal lift. 1876 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 45 107 Hydraulic Canal Lift at Anderton, on the River Weaver. 2007 E. Palmer Sc. Canoe Classics 123 The Falkirk Wheel canal lift is a modern wonder of the world. < as lemmas |
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