In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISEMBARKING
Verb
disembarking
present participle of disembark
Noun
disembarking (plural disembarkings)
A disembarkation.
Source: Wiktionary
DISEMBARK
Dis`em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.]
Definition: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.
Dis`em*bark", v. i.
Definition: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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