Definition of dismounts Dismounts
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What does dismounts mean?
Wiktionary 
- dismounts (Noun)
Plural of dismount.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: dismounts |
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| dismount - the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) | ||
| discontinuance, discontinuation the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | ||
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Wiktionary
- dismount (Noun)
The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus. - dismount (Verb)
To get off . - dismount (Verb)
To make a hard drive unavailable for use.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dismount (v. i.)
To come down; to descend. - dismount (v. i.)
To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted. - dismount (v. t.)
To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. - dismount (v. t.)
To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary. - dismount (v. t.)
To take down, or apart, as a machine. - dismount (v. t.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dismount
dis-mownt′, v.i. to come down: to come off a horse.—v.t. to throw or bring down from any elevated place: to throw off their carriages, as cannon: to unhorse. [O. Fr. desmonter, des—L. dis, neg., monter, to mount.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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dismount
To break the carriages of guns, and thereby render them unfit for service. Also, in gun exercise, to lift a gun from its carriage and deposit it elsewhere.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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dismount
To dismount the cavalry is to use them as infantry. Guards, when relieved, are said to dismount. They are to be marched with the utmost regularity to the parade-ground where they were formed, and from thence to their regimental or company parades, previously to being dismissed to their quarters. To dismount cannon, is to break their carriages, wheels, etc., so as to render them unfit for service. It also implies dismounting by the gin, etc.
