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tunnelled, -eled, ppl. a.|ˈtʌnəld|
[f. tunnel v. (and n.) + -ed.]
†1. Formed like a pipe or tube. Obs.
1713Derham Phys.-Theol. iv. xiii. (1727) 234 note, The Phalænæ-Tribe..inhabit the tunnelled, convolved Leaves.
b. Perforated with a tube.
1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Tunnelled, term applied to sounds or other instruments having a short tube or tunnel, through which a fine bougie..passes.
c. Enclosed in a tunnel-like cavity.
1901Westm. Gaz. 13 May 5/3 A double-funnelled lifeboat, with a tunnelled screw, which will enable her to go in safety into shallow waters and amongst rocks, was launched at Harwich on Saturday.
†2. Having a tunnel (sense 2), as a chimney.
1818Scott Br. Lamm. x, The soot..showered down the huge tunnelled chimneys.
3. Excavated as, or by, a tunnel; formed by tunnelling.
1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxix. 380 An expansion of the tunnelled entrance made an appendage of..two feet more. 1861Wilson & Geikie Mem. E. Forbes viii. 206 The caves and tunnelled caverns worn out by the Atlantic breakers. 1879J. Grant in Cassell's Techn. Educ. v. 286 A tunnelled staircase led to the roof. 1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases xxxiv. 525 In the latter [the brain] it [the distomum Ringesi] forms a sort of tunnelled tumour. |