Synonyms:
boarding, embarkation, embarkment
Meaning: the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
Usage examples
A passport for embarkation must be obtained; and the party must be acquainted with English in order to ask the way to London.
Excepting the movement of embarkation which was being made in the creek, a movement visibly scared and uneasy, all around was solitude; no step, no noise, no breath was heard.