embarkment

English

Etymology

From French embarquement.

Noun

embarkment (countable and uncountable, plural embarkments)

embarkation; the act of setting out
- 1741, Conyers Middleton, The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero:
  he removed from his Cuman to his Pompeian villa, beyond Naples, which, not being so commodious for an embarkment, would help to lessen the suspicion of the intended flight.

References

“embarkment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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