Definition of Monture

1. a mounting [n -S] - See also: mounting

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monture

montoir
montoirs
monton
montre
montres
montroseite
montross
montrosses
montroyalite
montroydite
montuno
montunos
montuosities
montuosity
montuous
monture (current term)
montures
monty
monument
monumental
monumentalise
monumentalism
monumentalities
monumentality
monumentalize
monumentalized
monumentalizes
monumentalizing
monumentally
monumented

Literary usage of Monture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1858)
"John monture particularly desires me to inform you of the following: —That Clarke had taken a Fort lately, in which he got Goven* Hamilton, ..."

2. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"/'V. Гг. Qui veut voyager loin ménage sa monture—He who has far to ride spares his horse. Racine. Qui vit sans folie, n'est pas si sage qu'il croit - He who ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"And forward spurred his monture fierce withall, Within his arms longing his foe to strain. Fairfax, tr. of Tasso, vii. 8fl. 2. Same as montoir.— 3. ..."

4. Ontarian Families: Genealogies of United-empire-loyalists and Other Pioneer by Edward Marion Chadwick (1895)
"1stly to Joseph monture, 2ndly to John Johnson or Bunnell,f and 3rdly to ... Peter (monture), who had a son Peter, who had two sons, John and Henry ; 3^. ..."

5. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Cut veut aller loin ménage sa monture, be who will go far take» care of hi« beast. ... monture d'une scie, the handle of a saw. La monture d'un sabre, ..."

6. Explorations Into the World of Lewis and Clark: 194 Essays from the Pages of by Robert A. Saindon (2003)
"As present-day monture Creek, the stream in question enters the Blackfoot River in Powell County, Montana, crossing under state highway 200 a few miles west ..."

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