Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To channel; groove; chamfer.
  • noun An obsolete form of kennel.
  • noun A channel; a stream of water; the bed of a stream.
  • noun A conduit; a pipe.
  • noun The throat.
  • noun The lowest part of the edge of a tool, which has received the finishing; the finishing bevel of a knife, ax, or other edged tool.
  • noun [⟨ cannel, verb] A style of weaving, making a corded or rep tissue.
  • noun Cinnamon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps short for cannel coal, dialectal variant of candle coal (from its bright flame).]

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  • For the softened light and the homelike air—

    The low luxurious cannel fire—

    The padded ease of my chosen chair—

    The devoted love that discounts desire—

    I sometimes think, when Twelve is struck

    By the clock on the mantel, tinkling clear,

    I would take—and thank the gods for the luck—

    One single hour with the boys and the beer.

    - Henry Bunner, 'Wed'.

    September 14, 2009