English Dictionary: Debouch | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Debouch | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Debouch \De*bouch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Debouched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debouching}.] [F. d[82]boucher; pref. d[82]- (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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [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. |