12 October 2016
embouchure
[ahm-boo-shoo r, ahm-boo-shoo r; French ahn-boo-shyr]
noun, plural embouchures [ahm-boo-shoo rz, ahm-boo-shoo rz; French ahn-boo-shyr] (Show IPA)
1. the mouth of a river.
2. the opening out of a valley into a plain.
3. Music.
the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
the adjustment of a player’s mouth to such a mouthpiece.
Origin of embouchure
1750-1760; < French, equivalent to embouch (er) to put (an instrument) to one’s mouth ( em- em-1+ bouche mouth < Latin bucca puffed cheek) + -ure -ure
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Examples from the Web for embouchure
Historical Examples
The flat stream of air from the lips, known as the air-reed, breaks against the sharp outer edge of the embouchure.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5
Various
It has, from ten to twelve miles above its embouchure into Lake Ontario, one of the finest cataracts in the world.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
John S. C. Abbott
The banks of the river about its embouchure are bordered by highly-cultivated fields, in some parts covered with low wooded land.
Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh
Augustus F. Lindley
It is still to be seen to the north of the embouchure of the Hellespont.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07
Various
In less than ten seconds the craft entered the embouchure of the gorge, gliding downward with the velocity of an arrow.
The Maroon
Mayne Reid
Its source and its embouchure were alike unknown to De Soto.
Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi
John S. C. Abbott
For some seconds, the hunter maintains his attentive attitude—his eye sternly fixed upon the embouchure of the path.
The Wild Huntress
Mayne Reid
The breath is projected into the embouchure with modulated force.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii
Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Probably, according to Teulet, the present Sandhofer-fahrt, a little below the embouchure of the Neckar.
Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions
Thomas H. Huxley
I estimated it at about two-thirds of a mile broad at its embouchure.
A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar
George Bethune English
Anagram
curb hoe emu
bore cue hum
Today’s quote
“…the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.”
― William Faulkner
On this day
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12 October 1810 – world’s first Oktoberfest when the people of Munich are invited to celebrate a Bavarian royal wedding.
12 October 1823 – Charles MacIntosh, Scottish inventor, sells his first water-proof ‘rubber raincoat’, which became known as the ‘MacIntosh’ or ‘Mac’.
12 October 1944 – ‘Columbus Day Riot’ in which 35,000 hysterical teenage girls dressed in bobby socks, descend on Times Square, New York City, in anticipation of Frank Sinatra appearing.
12 October 1979 – ‘Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams is first published. He eventually wrote a total of 5 books in the series, with a sixth one being written by Eoin Colfer.
12 October 2002 – Terrorist bombings of the Sari Club and Paddy’s Bar in Kuta, Bali, kill 202 people and injure 209. Members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a group linked with Al Qaeda, are convicted of the crime and on 9 November 2006, three of them are executed by firing squad.