Dismount
[dɪs'maʊnt]
Definition
(v. i.) To come down; to descend.
(v. i.) To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
(v. t.) To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
(v. t.) To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
(v. t.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.
(v. t.) 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.
Edited by Davy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Unhorse.[2]. Take down, bring down.
v. n. Alight (from a horse), descend, get down.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alight, descend
ANT:Mount, start
Checker: Lucy
Definition
v.i. to come down: to come off a horse.—v.t. to throw or bring down from any elevated place: to throw off their carriages as cannon: to unhorse.
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Examples
- He assisted her to dismount, and, dismissing her guide, conducted her into the cottage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Then he delivered to the escort, drunk and sober, a receipt for the escorted, and requested him to dismount. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The horses were coming back, through the gate, wet and sweating, the jockeys quieting them and riding up to dismount under the trees. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I assisted her to dismount, I carried her up stairs, and gave her into Clara's care, that her wet garments might be changed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was invited at once to dismount and come in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- An ominous crowd gathered to see him dismount of the posting-yard, and many voices called out loudly, Down with the emigrant! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It was late in the evening when Mr. Pickwick and his companions, assisted by Sam, dismounted from the roof of the Eatanswill coach. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Come, valiant sir, said Wamba, I must be your armourer as well as your equerry--I have dismounted you, and now I will unhelm you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Very far they rode that night, and in the morning he stopped outside the lands of his clan, and dismounted beside a sandy river. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was overjoyed to see us and dismounted with great alacrity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They had dismounted on the road between Segovia and Santa Maria del Real. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Venn immediately dismounted, put his hand in his breastpocket, and handed the glove. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The attack was now renewed, the cavalry dismounting and charging as infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here another battle ensued, our men dismounting and fighting on foot, in which the Confederates were again routed and driven in great disorder. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The party of horsemen came up to the fence, and, with mingled shouts and oaths, were dismounting, to prepare to follow them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dismounting, I laid Powell upon the ground, but the most painstaking examination failed to reveal the faintest spark of life. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I'll see,' said Wicks, dismounting leisurely from his stool. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The crowds would generally swarm around him, and thus give me an opportunity of quietly dismounting and getting into the house. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Penelope