get off, alight from (a horse, vehicle, etc.); bring or take down
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Dismount Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
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.
(v. t.)
To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
(v. t.)
To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
(v. t.)
To take down, or apart, as a machine.
To take down, or apart, as a machine.
(v. i.)
To come down; to descend.
To come down; to descend.
(v. i.)
To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
dismount
\dis*mount"\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. dismounting.] [pref. dis- + mount: cf. of. desmonter, f. démonter.]
1. to come down; to descend. [poetic] but now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
2. to alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
dismount
\dis*mount"\, v. t. 1. to throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. dismounted from his authority.
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.
dismount
n : the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.) v : get off (a horse) [syn: unhorse, light, get off, get down ]
To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like.
Noun
1. the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
(hypernym) discontinuance, discontinuation
(derivation) unhorse, light, get off, get down
Verb
1. get off (a horse)
(synonym) unhorse, light, get off, get down
(hypernym) descend, fall, go down, come down
(classification) riding, horseback riding
Dismount Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Each country has its own national governing body affiliated to FIG. Competitive Artistic gymnastics is the best known of the gymnastic sports. It typically involves the women's events of uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault. Men's events are floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks, that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.
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