Mismount
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of mismounting. countable, uncountable
"She was very stiff and lame, and was made more so by a mismount, catching in her saddle and tipping down on the bruised side; but she picked up and went at it again with a will, and after a wobble or two across the road, was bowling along at the same risky pace as before."
Verb
- 1 To mount improperly.
"One afternoon his foreman, Joe, passes John's area just in time to see him mismount a piece on dures."
Example
More examples"One afternoon his foreman, Joe, passes John's area just in time to see him mismount a piece on dures."
Etymology
From mis- + mount.
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