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Embarkment

Embarkment \Em*bark"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embarquement.] Embarkation. [R.]
--Middleton.

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embarkment

n. embarkation; the act of set out

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embarkment

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

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Embarkment

Embarkation (sometimes embarcation or embarkment) is the process of loading a passenger ship or an airplane with passengers or military personnel, related to and overlapping with individual boarding on aircraft and ships.

Embarkment (disambiguation)

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 City Metropolitan Area

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.