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Culebra Cut

American  
[koo-ley-bruh kuht, koo-le-brah] / kuˈleɪ brə ˈkʌt, kuˈlɛ βrɑ /

noun

  1. an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, northwest of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.


Culebra Cut British  
/ kuːˈlɛbrə /

noun

  1. the former name of Gaillard Cut

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Corozal's job was leading the ships working on the Culebra Cut, which was a difficult section of the canal, prone to mudslides.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

After it was finished in December 1913, the Corozal was the first ship to sail through the Culebra Cut, the last barrier to the canal opening the following year.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

Attempting a sea level canal, work proceeded for seven years, could not cope with the Culebra Cut and Chagres River.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before war is declared a huge Japanese freighter explodes in Culebra Cut, blocking the Panama Canal for months.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bottom width of the Canal varies from 200 feet in Culebra Cut to an indefinite width in the deep waters of the lakes.

From People's Handy Atlas of the World 1910 Census Edition by Unknown

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