Also 8 canalure. [a. F. cannelure groove, f. canneler to CHANNEL.] A groove, fluting; also called CHANNELURE.
Hence Cannelured a., grooved, fluted.
1755. Gentl. Mag., XXV. 128/2. The colour of this shell is the purest white; its canalures or ribs, which serpentize, are crossed by circular lines.
1866. Cornh. Mag., Sept., 350. The hinder cannelure of the bullet.
1881. Greener, Gun, 153. Swiss long-range cannelured bullets.
