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Definition of 'dismount'

noun

The act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)

verb

Alight from (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down]

From: GCIDE

Dismount \Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. d['e]monter.]
1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Dismount \Dis*mount"\, v. t.
1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. [1913 Webster]
Dismounted from his authority. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary. [1913 Webster]
3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]