Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To get off or down, as from a horse.
  • intransitive verb Sports To execute a dismount in gymnastics.
  • intransitive verb To get out of a vehicle.
  • intransitive verb To remove from a support, setting, or mounting.
  • intransitive verb To unseat or throw off, as from a horse.
  • intransitive verb To disassemble (a mechanism, for example).
  • noun The act or manner of dismounting, especially from a horse.
  • noun Sports A move in gymnastics whereby the gymnast gets off an apparatus or completes a floor exercise, typically landing on both feet.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To descend from a height; come or go down.
  • To get off from a horse or other ridden animal; descend or alight, as a rider from the saddle: as, the officer ordered his troops to dismount.
  • To throw or bring down from an elevation, or from a place or post of authority.
  • To throw or bring down from a horse; unhorse: as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
  • To remove or throw down, as cannon or other artillery from their carriages, or from a parapet or intrenchment; destroy the mountings of, so as to render useless.
  • To remove from a frame, setting, or other mounting: as, to dismount a picture or a jewel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
  • transitive verb To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse.
  • transitive verb (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.
  • transitive verb 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.
  • intransitive verb Poetic To come down; to descend.
  • intransitive verb To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun gymnastics The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
  • verb transitive, intransitive to get off (something)
  • verb computing, transitive to make a hard drive unavailable for use

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
  • verb alight from (a horse)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably alteration of obsolete French desmonter, to unseat : des-, dis- + monter, to mount; see mount.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

dis- +‎ mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.

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Examples

  • UPPERDATE: (June 12) "Kathy Shaidle, a Canadian wingnut of imperfect renown who attempts an expert dismount from the high horse and ends up flailing limb over limb into a folding refreshments table covered with Dixie cups of Haterade."

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  • A momentary lapse on his dismount from the bars was enough to give the overall gold to fellow Soviet Vladimir Artemov.

    All-around champ Nastia Liukin takes care of some family business 2008

  • At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Shun Fujimoto launched his triple-somersault dismount from the rings and landed on a leg he'd broken earlier that day.

    USATODAY.com - How to measure toughness in athletes? 2004

  • He can also whirl and twirl on the rings, spring to action in the floor exercise and flip his way to a perfect dismount from the parallel bars.

    USATODAY.com - Determination takes Young from underdog to Olympics 2004

  • Gatson led Wilson after the first day of competition in the all-around, but on the first event of the final day, he landed his dismount from the high bar and tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

    USATODAY.com - Gymnast lands on his feet 2003

  • The only problem with her dismount was the fact that she did not let go of the handles and broke both of her wrists.

    unknown title 2009

  • "dismount" -- a half dozen young squires ran forward to assist him, and to lead the animal to the stables.

    The Outlaw of Torn Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

  • Now I just need to work on my "dismount" as I like to refer to it.

    Naked Intent: What Lies Beneath BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • He spoke too quickly, for the moment the "dismount" sounded, twenty men were about the coach.

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

  • "dismount," and in five minutes the horses, unsaddled, were rolling on the springy turf, and then were driven out in herds, each company's by itself, to graze during the afternoon along the slopes.

    Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier Charles King 1888

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