débouché

[ dey-boo-shey ]

noun

1. Fortification. a passage or opening through which troops may debouch.
2. an outlet; an exit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of débouché¹

1750–60; < French, noun use of past participle of déboucher to debouch

Example Sentences

The creatures bounded along with a wild and graceful freedom, until they reached the debouche of the pass into the valley.

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The Cabul and Soorkhab rivers debouche at a much greater angle.

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They debouche from the woods and the defiles of the mountains.

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