dismount
[verb dis-mount; noun dis-mount, dis-mount]
verb (used without object)
to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
verb (used with object)
to bring or throw down, as from a horse; unhorse; throw: The horse twisted and bucked and finally dismounted its rider.
to remove (a thing) from its mounting, support, setting, etc.: to dismount a picture.
to take (a mechanism) to pieces.
noun
an act or process of dismounting.
Gymnastics. a move by which a gymnast gets off an apparatus or finishes a floor exercise, usually landing upright on the feet.
Origin of dismount
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Historical Examples of dismount
A mile further it was necessary to dismount and proceed on foot.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
When you are free of your cloak, Tony Cross, dismount and let us embrace.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
I was off and by her side in a moment, helping her to dismount.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
Before I could dismount, she had slipped off, and begun gathering up her skirt.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
Dismount and walk past any horse that becomes frightened at your bicycle.
dismount
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