embarkment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of embarkment
Example Sentences
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At sunset, Captain Alwi extends his hand to mine in a cleansing dose of liberty in our ad hoc port of embarkment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not caring yet to undertake their embarkment below the portage, they now strolled around here and there, intending to wait until their friends caught up with them.
From The Young Alaskans on the Trail by Hough, Emerson
Among the records of the town of Southampton, they have a minute and authentic account, drawn p. 83up at that time, of the encampment of Henry V. near the town, before his embarkment for France.
From Memoir of Jane Austen by Austen-Leigh, James Edward
Truxtun was released, and the Attorney for the United States called Blennerhassett's servants to prove the array at the island and the embarkment upon the Ohio.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
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 A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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