debouchment

American  

[dih-boosh-muhnt, -bouch-] / dɪˈbuʃ mənt, -ˈbaʊtʃ- /

noun

1. an act or instance of debouching.

2. Physical Geography. Also debouchure a mouth or outlet, as of a river or pass.

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debouchment British  

/ dɪˈbaʊtʃmənt /

noun

1. the act or an instance of debouching

2. Also: debouchure.  an outlet, mouth, or opening

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Etymology

Origin of debouchment

From the French word débouchement, dating back to 1820–30. See debouch, -ment

Example Sentences

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debouchment

Residents and city-government officials prepared for the rains by placing sandbags along the Pacific Coast Highway and at the mouths of canyons—likely sites of ruinous debouchment.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 5, 2018

With a mind needing debouchment more than his body needed to relieve itself in the toilet he stayed where he was, which was where there were windows.

From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

But fear lent us wings, and suddenly before us was a blaze of light and we saw the debouchment of our street in a main thoroughfare.

From Greenmantle by Buchan, John

There is no stone, and no running water except streams having their rise in the interior, passing through these hills to their debouchment into the river.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

Every acre of the Connecticut, from the northernmost bridge that spans it in Vermont to its debouchment at Saybrook, might be made productive of as great a value as any onion-garden acre at Wethersfield.

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu