debouch
to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
Physical Geography.
to emerge from a relatively narrow valley upon an open plain: A river or glacier debouches on the plains.
to flow from a small valley into a larger one.
to come forth; emerge.
Origin of debouch
1Words that may be confused with debouch
- debauch, debouch
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How to use debouch in a sentence
Meanwhile, the 1st Corps crossed Rheims, with orders to debouch at Btheny.
Do they run down walls of ovarium, and then turn up the placenta, and so debouch near the "orifices" of the ovules?
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThey have begun to flow in Bedes day; they never cease to flow until they debouch in Domesday Book.
Domesday Book and Beyond | Frederic William MaitlandThe enemy thus found it impossible to debouch from the village or to work round the left flank.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William BewsherMeanwhile on the left the line had been heavily shelled, and the enemy made several attempts to debouch from Fremicourt.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William Bewsher
British Dictionary definitions for debouch
/ (dɪˈbaʊtʃ) /
(intr) (esp of troops) to move into a more open space, as from a narrow or concealed place
(intr) (of a river, glacier, etc) to flow from a valley into a larger area or body
Also called: débouché (French debuʃe) fortifications an outlet or passage, as for the exit of troops
Origin of debouch
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