noun

• (in the Middle East) a gently sloping underground channel or tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below.

  ‘Any failure of the qanats could lead to the death of the entire village.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Most amazing are the irrigation systems, called karezes or qanats.’
  • ‘Settlements in other areas of the Brahui region depend on qanat irrigation, a system of tunnels dug between shafts to carry water.’