embouchure

[ ahm-boo-shoo r, ahm-boo-shoo r; French ahn-boo-shyr ]

/ ˌɑm bʊˈʃʊər, ˈɑm bʊˌʃʊər; French ɑ̃ buˈʃür /

the mouth of a river.

the opening out of a valley into a plain.

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Origin of embouchure

1750–60; < French, equivalent to embouch(er) to put (an instrument) to one's mouth ( em- em-¹ + bouche mouth < Latin bucca puffed cheek) + -ure -ure

Amber lies under, or is formed upon the sand, and abounds most near the embouchure of a small river in this neighbourhood.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI. |Various
Our horses were tied in a defile; and we took our stands where we could command the embouchure of the cañon with our rifles.

The Scalp Hunters |Mayne Reid
Probably, according to Teulet, the present Sandhofer-fahrt, a little below the embouchure of the Neckar.

Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions |Thomas H. Huxley
The original name was Ellenfoot, so called from its situation at the embouchure of the river Elne with the Solway.

The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 1 |William Finden

It had shoals off its embouchure; and these, he rightly enough fancied, would induce Captain Cuffe to be wary.

The Wing-and-Wing |J. Fenimore Cooper

embouchure

/ (ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə) /

the mouth of a river or valley

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C18: from French, from Old French emboucher to put to one's mouth, from bouche mouth, from Latin bucca cheek