debouch

Meanings

Noun

  • A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
  • A fortress at the end of a defile.

Verb

  • To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.

Origin

  • From French déboucher (de + bouche), modelled on Italian sboccare.

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