embusv.
/ɪmˈbʌs/, /ɛmˈbʌs/, U.S. /əmˈbəs/, /ɛmˈbəs/ a. intransitive. To mount a bus or transport vehicle.
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debus1915
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1915 G. Adam Behind Scenes at Front iv. 126 The battalion has ‘embussed’, as the orders now phrase it, ‘at X, and will debuss at Y’.
1929 D. Rorie Medico's Luck vii. 141 On the 24th July we left Clairmarais for Lederzeele, and ‘embussed’..for the XVIII Corps.
1940 Spectator 16 Aug. 161/2 Embussing happened in the last war; so did debussing... Archeologists embus when they go on their expeditions, at any rate in Wales. The term occurs in Field Service Regulations.
1955 Daily Tel. 20 Oct. Troops..had..on arrival ‘embussed’ for an unknown destination.
b. transitive. To transport by bus.
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embus1927
1927 Daily Tel. 13 Sept. 10/3 Using the mechanised transport thus released for embussing the headquarters.
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