embarkment
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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
And when the time of their embarkment came, there was not sufficient to serve their own turns.
From A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 by A Gentleman of Elvas [pseud.]
Your running away was, I think, uncalled for, and the embarkment upon the sloop, under the circumstances, was certainly very reprehensible.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various
He stood to watch the embarkment of the mariners, who, if they wondered at this latest command, had learned at least to wonder in silence.
From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary
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
