embarkment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embarkment
Example Sentences
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Though seen only in crude, dusty form during an early March visit, it’s evident the first hole will function as an embarkment, a kind of slow, measured entrance into an immense temple.
From Golf Digest
"The cruise industry: we had over seven million embarkments last year. A lot of people come through our airports."
From Fox News
She had told him on the previous night, at what place she was to view the embarkment; and she detected the first movement which showed him to be on the watch for her.
From Project Gutenberg
And when the time of their embarkment came, there was not sufficient to serve their own turns.
From Project Gutenberg
Your running away was, I think, uncalled for, and the embarkment upon the sloop, under the circumstances, was certainly very reprehensible.
From Project Gutenberg
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