Debouch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object)
  1. to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
  2. Physical Geography.
    • to emerge from a relatively narrow valley upon an open plain: A river or glacier debouches on the plains.
    • to flow from a small valley into a larger one.
  3. to come forth; emerge.
noun
  1. débouché.
verb
  1. (esp of troops) to move into a more open space, as from a narrow or concealed place
  2. (of a river, glacier, etc) to flow from a valley into a larger area or body
noun
  1. an outlet or passage, as for the exit of troops
Debouch (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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