MOUNTINGS
Noun
mountings
plural of mounting
Source: Wiktionary
MOUNTING
Mount"ing, n.
1. The act of one that mounts.
2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to
advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a
sword or diamond.
MOUNT
Mount, n. Etym: [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr. L. mons,
montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent, menace: cf. F. mont.
Cf. Mount, v., Mountain, Mont, Monte, Montem.]
1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the
common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; --
used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as,
Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]
Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem. Jer. vi. 6.
3. Etym: [See Mont de piété.]
Definition: A bank; a fund. Mount of piety. See Mont de piété.
Mount, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mounting.] Etym:
[OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See
Mount, n. (above).]
1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower
aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. Jer. li. 53.
The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. Cowley.
2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to
seat one's self on a horse for riding.
3. To attain in value; to amount.
Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions,
see to what they mount. Pope.
Mount, v. t.
1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
Shall we mount again the rural throne Dryden.
2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything
that one sits upon; to bestride.
3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals
for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop."
Dryden.
4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a
gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for
being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword
blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.
5. To raise aloft; to lift on high.
What power is it which mounts my love so high Shak.
Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has them
arranged for use in or about it. To mount guard (Mil.), to go on
guard; to march on guard; to do duty as a guard.
– To mount a play, to prepare and arrange the scenery, furniture,
etc., used in the play.
Mount, n. Etym: [From Mount, v.]
Definition: That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as:
(a) A horse.
She had so good a seat and hand, she might be trusted with any mount.
G. Eliot.
(b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the
like is mounted; a mounting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition