DCHP-1 Online
bas-fond [< F] 
n. See 1897 quote.
- 1811 (1897) We drove briskly until sunrise, which found us at the bas fond where our horses wintered.
- 1877 . . . the sinuous trail . . . led across grassy bas-fonds under the shadow of the mountains. . . .
- 1897 Basfond is hardly a geographical name, being applicable to any piece of low land along a river or about a lake; it is used here in the same sense as we use bottom.
- 1811 (1897) We drove briskly until sunrise, which found us at the bas fond where our horses wintered.