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Answer for the clue "The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft ", 10 letters:
embarkment

Word definitions for embarkment in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Embarkment , embarcation , embark , or variant , may refer to: Embarkment , the process of loading onto a ship or aircraft Embarkation (1978 album), jazz album by John McNeil (musician) Embark , public transit authority of the COTPA trust, for the Oklahoma ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft [syn: boarding , embarkation ] [ant: debarkation ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. embarkation; the act of set out

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embarkment \Em*bark"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embarquement.] Embarkation. [R.] --Middleton.

Usage examples of embarkment.

At a time when everyone else despaired of saving stores, cannon, provisions, or property of any kind, and a privateer was moored across the mole-head to prevent all boats from passing, he sent word to the committee, that if the slightest opposition were made to the embarkment and removal of British property, he would batter the town down.