Definition of debouchure in English:
debouchure
noun dɪbʊˈʃʊədibo͞oˈSHo͝or
The mouth of a river or valley.
Example sentencesExamples
- It bends sharply to the right and flows southward, almost parallel to the lake shore, for more than 30 miles, to its debouchure at Milwaukee.
- Washing the walls of the town of Cumana - situated on its margin on the west side of its debouchure - is a long narrow arm of the sea.
- What was the position of this debouchure in the time of Herod the Great?
- Mr. Balfour saw that they had left the river, and were pushing up the debouchure of a sluggish little affluent.
- This view is taken from the American side, and presents the debouchure of the waters of Niagara into Lake Ontario, from a point of great advantage.
Synonyms
mouth, river mouth, firth
Origin
Mid 19th century: alteration of embouchure, on the pattern of debouch.