DISMOUNT

dismount

(noun) the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)

unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down

(verb) alight from (a horse)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

dismount (third-person singular simple present dismounts, present participle dismounting, simple past and past participle dismounted)

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).

(computing, ambitransitive) To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.

(intransitive) To come down; to descend.

(military, transitive) To throw (cannon) off their carriages.

Synonyms

• (computing): unmount, umount

Antonyms

• (get off something): get on

• (computing): mount

Noun

dismount (plural dismounts)

(gymnastics) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*mount", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. démonter.]

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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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