DEBOUCH


Meaning of DEBOUCH in English

/di boohsh", -bowch"/ , v.i.

1. to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.

2. Physical Geog.

a. to emerge from a relatively narrow valley upon an open plain: A river or glacier debouches on the plains.

b. to flow from a small valley into a larger one.

3. to come forth; emerge.

n.

4. débouché.

[ 1655-65; déboucher, equiv. to dé- DIS- 1 + -boucher, v. deriv. of bouche mouth bucca cheek, jaw ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .