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Gail⋅lard Cut

  [gil-yahrd, gey-lahrd]
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–noun
an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 mi. (13 km) long.
Formerly, Culebra Cut.

Origin:
named after Col. D. DuB. Gaillard (1859–1913), U.S. Army engineer
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Gail·lard Cut   (gĭl-yärd', gā'lärd')   
An excavation, about 13 km (8 mi) long and 14 m (45 ft) deep, through Culebra Mountain, a hill in the Canal Zone, Panama. The cut forms the southeast section of the Panama Canal.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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