embarkment

em·bark

E0101000 (ĕm-bärk′)v. em·barked, em·bark·ing, em·barks v.tr.1. To cause to board a vessel or aircraft: stopped to embark passengers.2. To enlist (a person or persons) or invest (capital) in an enterprise.v.intr.1. To go aboard a vessel or aircraft, as at the start of a journey.2. To set out on a venture; commence: embark on a world tour.

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[French embarquer, from Late Old French, probably from Medieval Latin imbarcāre : Latin in-, in- + barca, boat; see bark³.]

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em′bar·ka′tion, em·bark′ment n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

embarkment - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraftboarding, embarkationdeparture, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing

Translations

imbarco