debark Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb go ashore
    disembark; set down.
    • The passengers disembarked at Southampton

WordNet

De"bark" transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
F. débarquer; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Debarked ; present participle & verbal noun Debarking
Definitions
  1. To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

Webster 1913