disembarˈkation
[f. disembark v., after embark, -ation.]
The action of disembarking.
| a 1776 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1790) III. xxviii. (Jod.) No proper measures were yet consulted for their disembarkation. 1808 Convent. Evac. Portugal §20 in Napier Penins. War (1828) I. App. p. xliii, On the disembarkation of the French troops in their own country. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 651 Tourville determined to try what effect would be produced by a disembarkation. |