débouché

[ dey-boo-shey ]

noun

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

Origin of débouché

¹

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

Words Nearby débouché

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How to use débouché in a sentence

The creatures bounded along with a wild and graceful freedom, until they reached the debouche of the pass into the valley.
Adle Dubois | Mrs. William T. Savage
The Cabul and Soorkhab rivers debouche at a much greater angle.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
They debouche from the woods and the defiles of the mountains.
The Scalp Hunters | Mayne Reid

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