Definitions for: Debouch


[v] pass out or emerge; esp. of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river"
[v] march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


De*bouch", v. i. (Geog.)
To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into
an open valley or a plain.

Synonyms: march out

See Also: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue, march, process

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