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disembogue

verb /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbəʊɡ/

  1. To come out into the open sea from a river etc.

    The ships disembogued from the harbour.

  2. To pour out, to debouch; to flow out through a narrow opening into a larger space.

    You yeoman phevvterer, conduct mee to / The Lady of the manſion, or my poniard / Shall diſemboge thy ſoule.

Where it comes from

From Spanish desembocar, from des- + embocar (“run into a creek or strait”), from boca (“mouth”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry disembogue (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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