1615. W. Lawson, Orch. & Gard. (1638), 3. Some think the Hasell would have a chanily rocke.
1743. Maxwell, Trans. Soc. Improv. Agric., 91 (Jam.). The soil being light, sandy, and channelly.
1787. Trans. Soc. Arts, V. 10. Very bad land of a channelly quality.
1791. P. Blackford, Perthsh. Statist. Acc., III. 207. Grey oats … yield a pretty good crop upon our channelly ground, where hardly any other grain will.
