2. Verb. (third-person singular of dismount) ¹
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Definition of Dismounts
1. dismount [v] - See also: dismount
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismounts
Literary usage of Dismounts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The German War Book: Being "The Usages of War on Land" by John Hartman Morgan (1915)
"He dismounts. Let his Tea be Yea, and his Nay, Nay The duty of his Interlocutor.
... On arriving at the place indicated, the envoy dismounts along with his ..."
2. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... into the Office of the Gayoso House and dismounts at the Clerk's Desk—Capture
of General Washburn's Uniform and Effects—Colonel Starr Attacks Forrest, ..."
3. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Deep is that mountain valley, and swart, rock-crowned, Fleckt with new snow ;
and seemeth some dread vast tomb, Whereon dismounts the sun. ..."
4. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"On two ropes a chain slides down hill to a place accomodated to receive it, with
the person who dismounts below. ..."
5. The War Book of the German General Staff, Being "The Usages of War on Land by John Hartmann Morgan (1915)
"On arriving at the place indicated, the envoy dis- He dismounts along with his
attendants; leaves them at ""'*" "" a moderate distance behind him, ..."
6. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"On two ropes a chain slides down hill to a place accomodated to receive it, with
the person who dismounts below. We visited the new Mill seat, ..."
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