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. --Barrow.
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 \Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dismounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismounting}.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. d['e]monter.] 1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]
But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. --Spenser.
2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.