Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A putting on board or a going on board again.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.

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  • noun embarkation again or anew

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Examples

  • The two companies would meet some ten hours later at the southern tip for reembarkation.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • The two companies would meet some ten hours later at the southern tip for reembarkation.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • The two companies would meet some ten hours later at the southern tip for reembarkation.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • When the reembarkation is done with the aim in view of attacking at another place, the rules as explained in the chapter on "Embarkation" must be adhered to.

    Operations Upon the Sea A Study Franz Edelsheim

  • In the event of defeat on land, reembarkation is not absolutely impossible, for if good order is maintained the improvised defenses of the landing sites, with the help of the fleet, will sufficiently delay the pursuers.

    Operations Upon the Sea A Study Franz Edelsheim

  • A reembarkation of the expedition corps is possible only when the battle fleet is able to prevent attack from the sea.

    Operations Upon the Sea A Study Franz Edelsheim

  • [End of Footnote] "General Butler, in direct violation of the instructions given, ordered the reembarkation of the troops and the return of the expedition."

    Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865

  • There would have been then no necessity for a reembarkation after the capture of Washington, and consequently no time given for the defence of Baltimore; but, marching across the country, he might have done to the one city what he did to the other.

    The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 1842

  • Parliament that Britain's arms south of Trondheim were completely outclassed, said in a pathetic attempt at enthusiasm that the Åndalsnes reembarkation was carried out "without losing a single man."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

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