water pocket

American  

noun

1. a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.

2. a plunge basin.

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Etymology

Origin of water pocket

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

At five o'clock we come to the spot, and there is a huge water pocket containing several barrels.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

At night we camp at a water pocket, a pool in a great limestone rock.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

I have been figuring on that and I think it will keep us a going for a week, with what we can get from the water pocket.

From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn

Now we reach the offensive water pocket; our ponies have had no water for thirty hours, and are eager even for this foul fluid.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley