Dismounting

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who dismounts.

    "The stage we had now commenced was eighteen miles in length; but the frequent mountings and dismountings, to climb or to descend the rocky sides of the mountains, made it appear much longer."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dismount form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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unhorsealightbuckbuck offclimb downdemolish

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"As her carriage, therefore, stopped, the arm of the attentive husband was ready to assist Lady Ashton in dismounting."

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