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debouch

[ dih-boosh, -bouch ]

verb (used without object)

  1. 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.

  2. Physical Geography.
    1. to emerge from a relatively narrow valley upon an open plain:

      A river or glacier debouches on the plains.

    2. to flow from a small valley into a larger one.
  3. to come forth; emerge.


debouch

/ dɪˈbaʊtʃ /

verb

  1. intr (esp of troops) to move into a more open space, as from a narrow or concealed place
  2. intr (of a river, glacier, etc) to flow from a valley into a larger area or body
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. Also calleddébouchédebuʃe fortifications an outlet or passage, as for the exit of troops
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debouch1

1655–65; < French déboucher, equivalent to dé- dis- 1 + -boucher, verbal derivative of bouche mouth < Latin bucca cheek, jaw
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Word History and Origins

Origin of debouch1

C18: from French déboucher, from dé- dis 1+ bouche mouth, from Latin bucca cheek
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Example Sentences

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?

They have begun to flow in Bedes day; they never cease to flow until they debouch in Domesday Book.

The enemy thus found it impossible to debouch from the village or to work round the left flank.

Meanwhile on the left the line had been heavily shelled, and the enemy made several attempts to debouch from Fremicourt.

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