colloq. [f. CANAL + -ER1.] a. A person who works or lives in a canal-boat. b. A canal-boat. (Chiefly U.S.)
1864. T. L. Nichols, 40 Yrs. Amer. Life, I. 133. Steamboat men, sailors, canallers.
1884. Sunday Chron. (S.F.), 31 Aug., 1/9. The ‘canaler’s’ family is seen on deck.
1887. Century Mag., Aug., 487. Near the bow of each canaler was a lantern.
