Dismount

·vt To take down, or apart, as a machine.

II. Dismount ·vi To come down; to Descend.

III. Dismount ·vt To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

IV. Dismount ·vi To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

V. Dismount ·vt To throw or remove from a horse; to Unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

VI. Dismount ·vt 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.