noun (n)

• the production of a canal or a conversion to canals(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  canalisation
  

  source: wordnet30
• management through specified channels of communication(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  canalisation, channelisation, channelization
  

  source: wordnet30
• Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.(noun)

  source: webster1913