TUN'NEL, n. A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, and a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor into casks.
1. The opening of a chimney for the passage of smoke; called generally a funnel.2. A large subterraneous arch through a hill for a canal and the passage of boats. Smaller drains or culverts are also called tunnels.TUN'NEL, v.t. To form like a tunnel; as, to tunnel fibrous plants into nests.
1. To catch in a net called a tunnel-net.2. To form with net-work.