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Gaillard Cut

[ gil-yahrd, gey-lahrd ]

noun

  1. former name of Culebra Cut.


Gaillard Cut

/ ˈɡeɪlɑːd; ɡɪlˈjɑːd /

noun

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