Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dismount"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dismount \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dismount \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dismount
n : the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
v : get off (a horse) [syn: {unhorse}, {light}, {get off}, {get
down}]


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