debouch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb march out (as from a defile) into open ground
    march out.
    • The regiments debouched from the valley
  2. verb pass out or emerge; especially of rivers
    • The tributary debouched into the big river

WordNet

De*bouch" intransitive verb
Etymology
F. déboucher; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Debouched ; present participle & verbal noun Debouching
Definitions
  1. To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.
    Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott.

Webster 1913