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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gaillard Cut¹

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

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

Example Sentences

It's set on rolling hills overlooking the famous Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal and the Camino de Cruces National Park.

From US News

Whereupon Gaillard cut off his potations entirely for twenty-four hours, and he became as meek as a lamb and remained so ever after.

From Project Gutenberg

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

The most spectacular moment of a transit of the Panama Canal's great Gaillard Cut is the passage below Contractor's Hill, whose sheer rock face, blasted off to make the waterway, rises above ships' decks for 300 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive