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Dismount
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. 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.