Gaillard Cut

American  

[gil-yahrd, gey-lahrd] / gɪlˈyɑrd, ˈgeɪ lɑrd /

noun

1. former name of Culebra Cut.

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Gaillard Cut British  

/ ˈɡeɪlɑːd, ɡɪlˈjɑːd /

noun

1. Former name: Culebra Cut.  the SE section of the Panama Canal, cut through Culebra Mountain. Length: about 13 km (8 miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Gaillard Cut

Named after Colonel David Du Bose Gaillard (1859–1913), U.S. Army engineer

Example Sentences

Much of it was removed near Culebra, the area that had thwarted De Lesseps, in the breathtaking Gaillard Cut, where the canal slices through the continental divide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bypassing the locks and widening the main Gaillard Cut by conventional methods would cost about $2 billion, would require shutting down the canal for only twelve days over the entire construction span.

From Time Magazine Archive

Young Marse David propped de sides of de world up all right, down dere, and they name a big part of dat canal, Gaillard Cut, so they did.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration