Definition of "kanat" []

• Alternative spelling of qanat. (noun)

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• "For some reason of his own he bolted, and galloped to the top of one of the _kanat_ cones, when getting frightened at the deep hole before him he jumped it."
• "Here and there, at the foot of his shafts, he digs wells, from which the fluid can readily be raised by means of a bucket and a windlass; and he thus brings under cultivation a considerable belt of land along the whole line of the _kanat_, as well as a large tract at its termination."
• "I SWEAR you would think haifa kanat 2imon ow 205ton the way they were defending her and wishing illnesses on other people."