Remount
[riː'maʊnt] or [,ri'maʊnt]
Definition
(noun.) a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle.
(verb.) provide with fresh horses; 'remount a regiment'.
(verb.) mount again, as after disassembling something.
(verb.) mount again; 'he remounted his horse'.
Editor: Ramon--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t. & i.) To mount again.
(n.) The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.
Inputed by Angie
Definition
v.t. and v.i. to mount again.—n. a fresh horse or supply of horses.
Typist: Phil
Examples
- The calcareous remains of marine animals in the solid body of the earth bear witness of a period to which no other species of chronology is able to remount. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Smith's command from Missouri, and until General Wilson could get his cavalry remounted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He fell wounded--he stood up--he remounted--he proceeded. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And so he returned to the little market-place, and remounted the omnibus to return to Milton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He furnished horses for the bull rings as well as remounts for the army. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After remounting, Blucher said to the muleteer, Now, that's enough, you know; you go slow hereafter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then remounting we dashed back to join the cavalcade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typist: Rachel