From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dismount \Dis*mount"\, verb (used with an object)
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.) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dismount \Dis*mount"\, verb (used without an object) [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]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
verb
1: get off (a horse) [syn: {unhorse}, {light}, {get off}, {get down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "dismount": alight, buck off, climb down, demolish, depose, deracinate, detach, disassemble, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dislodge, dismantle, dismember, disunite, get down, get off, land, light, perch, root out, root up, separate, settle, take apart, take down, tear down, throw off, touch down, unhorse, unplace, unsaddle, unseat, uproot
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