verb (used with or without object)
- to disembark.
verb (used with object)
- to remove the bark from (a log).
verb
- a less common word for disembark
verb
- (tr) to remove the bark from (a tree)
1650s, from French débarquer (16c.), from de- (Old French des-; see dis-) + barque “bark” (see bark (n.2)).