deplane

present singular third person deplanes · participle present deplaning · participle past deplaned · past deplaned

1. To disembark from an airplane.

   As we pulled to a stop, a ramp was brought up to the front door and a forklift to the rear. Both doors were opened. I instructed my staff to wait, saying that none of us should leave until the casket was off and Mrs. Kennedy had deplaned.

   1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 16

   Synonyms: disemplane