debouchment

American  

[dih-boosh-muhnt, -bauch-] / 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

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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

Certainly in the whole world there is no bolder coast than the Gallegan shore, from the debouchment of the Minho to Cape Finisterre. 

From The Pocket George Borrow by Edward Thomas

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 Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills

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 William Henry Sparks

Eastern Question," the author disposes in this fashion: "Austria, to answer its destination, ought to comprise Wallachia, Bessarabia, Moldavia, and, following the line of demarcation drawn by the Danube, the whole territory at its debouchment....

From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

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