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Gaillard Cut definition

Gail·lard Cut (gāl′yərd, gā′lärd)

S section of the Panama Canal cut through the continental divide: c. 8 mi (12.9 km) long

Etymology: after D. D. Gaillard (1859-1913), U.S. army engineer in charge of its excavation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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