débouché

American  

[day-boo-shay] / deɪ buˈʃeɪ /

noun

1. Fortification. a passage or opening through which troops may debouch.

2. an outlet; an exit.

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Etymology

Origin of débouché

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

Example Sentences

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débouché

We must subdivide our batteries whenever we wish to obtain cross-fires on a débouché, or on the head of an advancing column, or on the ground in front of a weak part of our line.

From A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry by Francis J. (Francis James) Lippitt

The débouché of the defiles, with good lateral communications between them, is the proper line of defence for India, not the entry into those defiles, which cannot have secure lateral communications.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Demetrius Charles Boulger

McFarland Gap, the only débouché, was supposed to be occupied by the cavalry.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet

If the hostile army should pass the extreme frontier barrier, what is to retard his advance,—what defensive works are to protect the débouché of the Northern canal, or even to save the great central dépôt?

From Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by Henry Wager Halleck

They desired an export trade—a débouché for their Namur cutlery and Verviers’ frieze.

From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever