1.
[syn: debouch, march out]
2. pass out or emerge; especially of rivers;
- Example: "The tributary debouched into the big river"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Battalions debouching on the plain. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geog.) To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge
out into an open valley or a plain.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
debouch
v 1: march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The
regiments debouched from the valley" [syn: debouch,
march out]
2: pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary
debouched into the big river"