| source : web1913 |
Debouch \De*bouch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Debouched}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Debouching}.] [F. d['e]boucher; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-
or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca
the cheek. Cf. {Disembogue}.]
To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot,
into open ground; to issue.
Battalions debouching on the plain. --Prescott.
| source : web1913 |
Debouch \De*bouch"\, v. i. (Geog.)
To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into
an open valley or a plain.
| source : wn |
debouch
v 1: march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The
regiments debouched from the valley" [syn: {march out}]
2: pass out or emerge; esp. of rivers: "The tributary debouched
into the big river"