dismount
verb
- get off a horse
noun
- an act or method of dismounting
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmaʊnt/
noun
Etymology: From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
- The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.
“Nice dismount!”
- The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
“It was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.”
verb
Etymology: From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
- To (cause to) get off (something).
“She carefully dismounted from the horse.”
“She carefully dismounted the horse.”
- To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
“The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome.”
“PROBLEM: A volume periodically dismounts. There are two drives with one volume on each. From time to time, the second volume dismounts and the drive shuts down.”
- To come down; to descend.
“But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.”
- To throw (cannon) off their carriages.