bajada

American  

[buh-hah-duh] / bəˈhɑ də /

noun

1. an alluvial plain formed at the base of a mountain by the coalescing of several alluvial fans.

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bajada British  

/ baˈxada /

noun

1. rugby Union a scrummaging technique, developed in Argentina, in which all eight forwards in a pack drive forward low and hard

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Etymology

Origin of bajada

1865–70, < Spanish: slope, swoop, originally feminine past participle of bajar to descend < Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, derivative of Late Latin bassus short, low

Example Sentences

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bajada

Then he moved out of his apartment and set up camp on the bajada.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

One Thursday in mid-January, McCandless was hitching back out to the bajada after filling his jug when an old man, name of Ron Franz, stopped to give him a ride.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

McCandless, however, wasn’t living right at the springs; he was camped by himself another half mile out on the bajada.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

The bajada beneath the badlands is open country cut by steep-walled arroyos.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer