Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embouchure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embouchure \Em`bou`chure"\, n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the
mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. {Embouge},
{Debouch}.]
1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
2. (Mus.)
(a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
(b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute
player has a good embouchure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embouchure
n : the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player
blows directly [syn: {mouthpiece}]
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