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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debouch \De*bouch"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Debouched}; p. pr & vb n. {Debouching}.] [F. d['e]boucher; pref. d['e]- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up fr bouche mouth, fr L. bucca the cheek. Cf {Disembogue}.] To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. Battalions debouching on the plain. --Prescott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debouch \De*bouch"\, v. i. (Geog.) To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: debouch v 1: march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley" [syn: {march out}] 2: pass out or emerge; esp. of rivers: "The tributary debouched into the big river"
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