bajada

[ buh-hah-duh ]

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

Origin of bajada

1
1865–70, Americanism;<Spanish: slope, swoop, originally feminine past participle of bajar to descend <Vulgar Latin *bassiāre, derivative of Late Latin bassus short, low

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bajada

/ Spanish (baˈxada) /


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

Origin of bajada

1
C20: from Spanish bajar to go down

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