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

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

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

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

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