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mounted

[ moun-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

seated or riding on a horse or other animal.
Antonyms: afoot
serving on horseback or on some special mount, as soldiers or police.
Military. (formerly) permanently equipped with horses or vehicles for transport. Compare mobile ( def 4 ).
having or set in a mounting: mount: mounting:
mounted gems.
put into position for use, as guns.

mounted

/ ˈmaʊntɪd /

Origin of mounted¹

First recorded in 1575–85; mount ¹ + -ed ²

The system is truck-mounted and road-mobile, as are the big and conspicuous radars that stood next to it on display.

He mounted a Trace Elliot amplifier on the back of the truck.

Worries about a last ditch Nazi stand in the Alps had mounted appreciably over the final year of the war.

A motley crew of former sailors led by Commodore Joshua Barney mounted the only real resistance to the British.

There, Republican Scott Brown has mounted a surprisingly strong challenge to first-term incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen.

When we were mounted Mac leaned over and muttered an admonitory word for Piegan's ear alone.

All our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.

If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.

It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.

He was mounted on a spirited horse and his manner showed he was ready for any kind of an adventure, no matter where it might lead.

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