Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The circular peripheral enteric cavity of cœlenterates, opening upon the exterior and continued by processes into the radiated parts of the animal; an annular enterocœle.
  • noun A circular canal of the water-vascular system of an echinoderm.

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Examples

  • Surrounding this area is a wide ring-canal, on the farther side of which is the outer zone of the town, united to the central portion by many wide and handsome bridges.

    To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

  • Thus the ring-canal is kept quite clear of all such buildings, but all round both sides of it are beautiful terraces of white stone, with numerous pavilions, broad boulevards, winter-gardens, and promenades.

    To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

  • The canals radiate in all directions from the outer edge of the wide ring-canal, and all quays, wharves, and warehouses are alongside of these canals.

    To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks

  • The first operation was to surround the entire lake with a ring-canal and dike, in order to cut off the communication with the Ij, and to exclude the water of the streams and morasses which discharged themselves into it from the land side.

    Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

  • The dike was composed of different materials, according to the means of supply at different points, such as sand from the coast-dunes, earth and turf excavated from the line of the ring-canal, and floating turf [19], fascines being everywhere used to bind and compact the mass together.

    Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 04 (historical) 1874

  • The first operation was to surround the entire lake with a ring-canal and dike, in order to cut off the communication with the Ij, and to exclude the water of the streams and morasses which discharged themselves into it from the land side.

    The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

  • The dike was composed of different materials, according to the means of supply at different points, such as sand from the coast-dunes, earth and turf excavated from the line of the ring-canal, and floating turf, [Footnote: In England and

    The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

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