The Collaborative International Dictionary
Upbreak
Upbreak \Up*break"\ ([u^]p*br[=a]k"), v. i. To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
Upbreak
Upbreak \Up"break`\ ([u^]p"br[=a]k`), n.
A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
--Mrs.
Browning.
Wiktionary
upbreak
n. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst. vb. (context intransitive English) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
Usage examples of "upbreak".
Entering, we found some curious memorials of the operation of water, in the upbreak of the whole system of flooring and seating, which now lay in irregular distorted masses, mingled with all kinds of rubbish.