Definition of Gaillard Cut

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Gail·lard Cut

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) KEY Formerly Cu·le·bra Cut (k

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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.

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