Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   A saddle-horse. Compare 
mount , 2. - noun   Same as 
montoir . - noun A mounting, setting, or frame; the manner in which anything is set or mounted: as, the monture of a diamond.
 
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Examples
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The best monture is a camel, because preferred by the Prophet; an ass is not commendable;
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The road lay up rocky hill and down stony vale; a tripping and stumbling dromedary had been substituted for the usual monture: the consequence was that we had either a totter or a tumble once per mile during the whole of that long night.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Nanchardin nous fournit, pour notre monture et pour porter nos provisions, des anes et des mulets.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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During the greater part of the time we were struggling through a living tide; and among dromedaries and chargers a donkey is by no means a pleasant monture.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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CHEVAL, AUX, _m. _, genre d'animal servant à l'homme de monture et de bête de trait.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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Il quitte les étriers pour causer plus à son aise, et laisse sa monture qui, trouvant la porte ouverte, pénètre toute seule dans la maison.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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At length, however, after much debating, it was determined that arms should yield to the gown, or rather, the horse to the orator -- with this precaution, that the monture should be properly secured, by an attendant to hold the bridle.
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At length, however, after much debating, it was determined that arms should yield to the gown, or rather, the horse to the orator -- with this precaution, that the monture should be properly secured, by an attendant to hold the bridle.
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RÊNE, _f. _, courroie fixée au mors du cheval et que le cavalier tient à la main pour guider sa monture.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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I always let him have the benefit of his _monture_.
Birds of Prey 1875
 
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