embowmentt (emboment)

-ment.] An arch; a vault. The roof all open, not so much as any embowment near any of the walls left. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 249. embox (em-boks'), v. t. [ box2 . Cf. embo 3.] To inclose in a box; box up; specifically, to seat or ensconce in a box of a theater. [Rare.] Emboxed , the ladies must have something smart. Church ill, Rosciad. embouchure (on-bö-shür'), n. [F., emboucher , put into the mouth, refl. flow out, discharge: see embogue .] 1. The mouth of a river, etc.; emboy ementt, n. A Middle English form of the point of discharge of a flowing stream. We approached Piteå at sunset. The view over the broad embouchure of the river, studded with islands, was quite picturesque. At the entrance to Wolstenholme Sound, which, like most of these inlets, forms the embouchure of a glacierSchley and Soley, Rescue of Greely, p. 6. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 180. river. 2. A mouthpiece. Specifically-(at) The metal mount ing of the opening of a purse. (b) In music: (1) The mouthpiece of a wind-instrument, especially when of metal. (2) The adjustment of the mouth of the player to such a mouthpiece. The intonation of certain instruments, such as the French horn, depends largely upon the player's embouchure.