DEBOUCH

debouch

(verb) pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; “The tributary debouched into the big river”

debouch, march out

(verb) march out (as from a defile) into open ground; “The regiments debouched from the valley”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

debouch (plural debouches)

(geography) A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.

(military) A fortress at the end of a defile.

Verb

debouch (third-person singular simple present debouches, present participle debouching, simple past and past participle debouched)

(intransitive) To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.

Anagrams

• bouched

Source: Wiktionary


De*bouch", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Debouched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debouching.] Etym: [F. déboucher; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue.]

Definition: To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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