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Gaillard Cut
[ gil-yahrd, gey-lahrd ]
Gaillard Cut
/ ˈɡeɪlɑːd; ɡɪlˈjɑːd /
noun
- the SE section of the Panama Canal, cut through Culebra Mountain. Length: about 13 km (8 miles) Former nameCulebra Cut
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gaillard Cut1
Named after Colonel David Du Bose Gaillard (1859–1913), U.S. Army engineer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gaillard Cut1
C19: named after David Du Bose Gaillard (1859–1913), US army engineer in charge of the work
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Example Sentences
The one greatest undertaking of the whole excavation was the Gaillard Cut.
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