Dismount /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting

1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]

   But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.

2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

   Dismounted from his authority.

2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
3. To take down, or apart, as a machine. (Mech.)
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.