emboucher.
to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
Meaning & usage
to place one's lips against the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
to place the bit in a horse's mouth
to tell off, to antagonize
to argue
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French emboucher, from Old French embouchier. By surface analysis, en- + bouche + -er. Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *imbuccāre, from Latin bucca (compare Portuguese and Spanish embocar, Italian imboccare, Romanian îmbuca).
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