Meaning of DEBOUCH
| Pronunciation: | | di'boosh
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- [v] pass out or emerge; esp. of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river"
- [v] march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley"
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| | Synonyms: | | march out |
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| | See Also: | | come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue, march, process | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\De*bouch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Debouched}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Debouching}.] [F. d['e]boucher; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-
or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca
the cheek. Cf. {Disembogue}.]
To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot,
into open ground; to issue.
Battalions debouching on the plain. --Prescott.
\De*bouch"\, v. i. (Geog.)
To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into
an open valley or a plain.
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