embarkation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
    boarding; embarkment.

WordNet

Em`bar*ka"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.
  2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.

Webster 1913