A debouch is a geographic term describing where a body of water pours forth from a narrow opening. Some examples are where a stream emerges from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space; a creek joins a river; or a stream flows into a lake.
In military usage, a fortification at the end of a defile is sometimes known as a debouch.[1] Soldiers emerging from a narrow space are also said to "debouch."
See also
External links
The Wiktionary definition of debouch
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary debouch, as a verb and a noun.
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