See Also: embouchure(dictionary)

embouchure (iou)



embouchure noun. M18.
[French, from s'emboucher refl., discharge itself by a mouth, from emboucher put in or to the mouth, formed as EM-1 + bouche mouth: see -URE.]
Music. The manner in which a player's mouth and lips are placed when playing a woodwind or brass instrument. M18.
b. The mouthpiece of a musical instrument, esp. of a flute. M19.
The mouth of a river; the opening of a valley on to a plain. L18.