De*bouch" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Debouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debouching.] [F. déboucher; pref. dé- (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.

 

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De*bouch" (?), v. i. (Geog.)

To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain.

 

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