To get off a ship, airplane, or other vehicle.
From Spanish 'desembarcar,' literally meaning 'to remove from a bark (boat).' The 'bark' here isn't a dog's sound or tree covering, but comes from Latin 'barca' meaning a small boat. The Spanish explorers and traders spread this nautical term across Europe in the 1600s, and it eventually applied to any form of transportation.
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