About The Word Dismount
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Dismount
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What's The Definition Of Dismount?
[n] the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
[v] get off (a horse) Synonyms | Synonyms for Dismount: get down | get off | light | unhorse Related Terms | Find terms related to Dismount: alight | buck off | climb down | demolish | depose | deracinate | detach | disassemble | disconnect | disengage | disjoin | dislodge | dismantle | dismember | disunite | get down | get off | land | light | perch | root out | root up | separate | settle | take apart | take down | tear down | throw off | touch down | unhorse | unplace | unsaddle | unseat | uproot See Also | come down | descend | discontinuance | discontinuation | fall | go down Dismount In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dismounted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Dismounting}.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF.
desmonter, F. d['e]monter.]
1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]
But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
--Spenser.
2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider
from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
\Dis*mount"\, v. t. 1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. Dismounted from his authority. --Barrow. 2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary. 3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine. 4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery. |
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