掘ほり割わり

noun

canal; waterway; ditch

Refers to an artificial water channel, often for irrigation or drainage. Can range from a small ditch to a larger canal.

• 田たんぼの横よこに掘ほり割わりが流ながれている。

  A canal runs alongside the rice field.

• この掘ほり割わりは江え戸ど時じ代だいに作つくられた。

  This waterway was built in the Edo period.