embouchure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
    mouthpiece.

WordNet

Em`bou`chure" noun
Etymology
F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.
Definitions
  1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
  2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

Webster 1913