channelled
adjective
[ ˈtʃan(ə)ld ]
• characterized by grooves or furrows.
• "the pottery is usually plain and dark in colour, sometimes with channelled decoration and moulded handles"
channel
verb
• direct towards a particular end or object.
• "the council is to channel public funds into training schemes"
• (of a person) serve as a medium for (a spirit).
• "she was channelling the spirit of Billie Holiday"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French chanel, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘reed’ (see cane). Compare with canal.
