Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or
   {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or
   {Channelling}.]
   1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels
      in; to groove.

            No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.