chenail

Cdn French

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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(especially in place names) a channel. See etymology at snye.

Quotations

1779

To be Sold . . . Another piece of ground . . . by the High Road and behind the Chenail du Moine.

1886

The band known as the Chippewas of Chenail Ecarte and St Clair . . . raised crops far in excess of those of any previous year.