disembogue
/ˌdɪsɪmˈbəʊɡ
/ /ˌdɪsɛmˈbəʊɡ/verb (disembogues, disemboguing, disembogued) [no object] literary
(Of a river or stream) emerge or be discharged in quantity; pour out: (as noun disemboguing) the disemboguing of the brook...
- The main river of the watershed is the Umbuzeiro River which disembogues into the Bengue Reservoir.
- The Peyan river disembogues into the lake, and the Lachua, Tzetoc and Del Altar rivers drain it.
- This place is about three leagues from the mouth of Lake Sandusky, where it disembogues itself into Lake Erie.
Derivatives
disemboguement
Origin
Late 16th century: from Spanish desembocar, from des- (expressing reversal) + embocar 'run into a creek or strait' (based on boca 'mouth').