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deˈbouchment Also debouchement. [a. F. débouchement, f. déboucher (see debouch v.) + -ment.] 1. Milit. The action or fact of debouching.
1827J. F. Cooper Prairie II. iii. 44 To unravel the mystery of so sudden a debouchement from the cover. 1871Daily News 19 Sept., The debouchment of Stephenson's brigade through the railway arch. 2. The mouth or outlet of a river, a pass, etc.
1859Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 42 The coast..presents but three debouchments that deserve the name of rivers. |