embarcation

[ em-bahr-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌɛm bɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /

embarkation.

OTHER WORDS FROM embarcation

re·em·bar·ca·tion, noun

embarkation

[ em-bahr-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌɛm bɑrˈkeɪ ʃən /

the act, process, or an instance of embarking.

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

non·em·bar·ka·tion, noun re·em·bar·ka·tion, noun

A moving and pathetic spectacle was that of the embarcation of the Athenians for the Isle of Salamis.

Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The idea pleased the Marquise; but who would undertake to discover the fugitive and arrange for her embarcation?

The House of the Combrays |G. le Notre
Outside I found a great crowd to see the embarcation of the corpse for its last home, the Campo Santo.

A Wanderer in Venice |E.V. Lucas
Old men and young, the sick and even the dying, all had to go to the nearest point of embarcation.

The Jesuits, 1534-1921 |Thomas J. Campbell