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Noun: embarkment  em'baa(r)k-munt
  1. The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
    "embarkment for the cruise began two hours before departure";
    - boarding, embarkation

Derived forms: embarkments

Type of: departure, going, going away, leaving

Encyclopedia: Embarkment