barrancan.
/bəˈraŋkə/ A deep ravine with precipitous sides.
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a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) xix. 178 The Canary-Birds..breed in the Barrancos of Gills, which the Water has fretted away in the Mountains.
1816 C. Smith Jrnl. 9 Apr. in J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) 245 Another barranco was winding its course down to Publico grande.
1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada I. xii. 112 A barranco, or deep rocky valley.
1829 W. Irving Chron. Conq. Granada II. lxxvii. 226 Threads of water..tinkling down the bottoms of the barrancas or ravines.
1850 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. 399 Over a deep barranca, or ravine, they crossed.
1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads viii. 213 The nearly dry barranca where the women did their washing.
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