demount

American  

[dee-mount] / diˈmaʊnt /

verb (used with object)

1. to remove from a mounting, mount, mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.

2. to take apart; disassemble.

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demount British  

/ diːˈmaʊnt /

verb

1. (tr) to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting

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Other Word Forms

• demountability noun
• demountable adjective

Etymology

Origin of demount

First recorded in 1930–35; de- + mount ¹

Example Sentences

“The real choice was either to demount the whole thing, which you could have done with a 25,000 plan which would have been pretty unsatisfactory. Or you could have knocked the whole thing down,” he says.

From The Guardian

Like Cooper's, his chairs and tables easily demount to fit into neat packages.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems the demountable rims refused to demount, or whatever it is they are expected to do when you take a tire off.

From Project Gutenberg

Well if it do not, Pilatre-like, explode; and demount all the more tragically!—So, riding on windbags, will men scale the Empyrean.

From Project Gutenberg