embarkment

English

Etymology

From French embarquement.

Noun

embarkment (countable and uncountable, plural embarkments)

1. 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.