embarkation

[em-bahr-key-shuh n]

the act, process, or an instance of embarking.

Nearby words

1635–45; < French embarcation < Spanish embarcación. See embark, -ation

Related formsnon·em·bar·ka·tion, nounre·em·bar·ka·tion, noun

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Another minute and all four were aboard the embarkation they had so lately abandoned,—once more saved from the perils of the deep!
The Ocean Waifs|Mayne Reid
Here the wheat was scanty and of poor quality, and the buyers had sent very little to their port of embarkation—Rosario.
The Argentine in the Twentieth Century|Albert B. Martinez
Now I will return to the point of my embarkation on the galley Generalizia in the port of Malamocco.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first|Count Carlo Gozzi
As the officer issued his order for embarkation, there was a momentary commotion.
The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie

A public breakfast was given by their constituents at the port of embarkation, at which Mr. Sharland presided.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West