debouchure
(debuʃyr)
[In form, French, f. déboucher to debouch + -ure; but this sense is not Fr.]
= debouchment 2, embouchure 1.
1844 Kinglake Eothen xii. (1878) 168 Towards the debouchure of the river. 1890 Spectator 11 Jan. 41 Thence two railways would connect her with Zanzibar and the debouchure of the Zambesi. |