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.
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.