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dismount
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Word definitions for dismount in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Seidman's horse reared up when he tried to dismount . ▪ They dismounted and led their horses through the forest. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A machine gunner was ordered to dismount and search for prisoners. ▪ Ahead of us was ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, from dis- + mount (v.). Related: Dismounted ; dismounting .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dismount \Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting .] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. d['e]monter.] To come down; to descend. [Poetic] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. --Spenser. To alight from ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context gymnastics English) The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus. vb. 1 (context ambitransitive English) to get off (something) 2 (context computing transitive English) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use 3 To ...
Usage examples of dismount.
And they dismounted and sat down to watch the colorful birds the Absarokee call the-bird-that-makes-many-sounds.
Chance grimly holding on as he sprawled half astraddle the outlaw when a lone rider dismounted and a pair of boots appeared within their line of vision.
Lance Major Wace to ready the troop for battle and, with Troop Guide Bikaner, rode forward a ways, then dismounted and went on foot until we could see the valley in front.
It was not a comfortable day, and when that evening Ranald came and asked if he could assist her to dismount, and said that he wished to learn the ways of the birds, so that he could fly one while Lady Maura was oath-bound not to do so, she was short with him.
Thirty minutes later a very suspicious Blake Ravenscroft dismounted in front of Seacrest Manor, near Bournemouth, Dorset.
Gray-robed servants ran forward and held the horses while Chanar and Koja dismounted.
Unlike all others who passed through the gate, Chanar refused to dismount, remaining in his saddle as his stocky white mare pranced up the hill.
He had refused to dismount from his destrier, which had a steel chanfron to protect its face and a trapper of gleaming mail to shield its body from the English archers who were no doubt stringing their bows in the entrenchments.
Moving under the trees, the claybank shied, catching the scent first, and Placido Geist dismounted, knowing the mare had her own queer horse reasons.
He helped Elinor dismount, then dismounted himself and led the way up a lovely wooded path where dogwoods waved their creamy, cuplike blossoms overhead.
Dean Folan dismounted behind her, leaving Will Danza sitting on his horse, keeping watch from his elevated vantage point.
They both dismounted and Jim led Drumfire, while she followed in his tracks leading the mare and staying close to her flank.
I dismounted from the stool, anxious to get to the Strumbermian higher councils and prove that Earthians were True Humanoids.
Electra dismounted, and Nada resumed her human form and donned her dress, panties, and slippers, which Electra had carried in her knapsack.
I laughed at him, as I knew it was all a cheat, and I followed him to the house with the idea of making the young imposter dismount from her high horse, as I had done in similar cases in England and Metz.