Mismount

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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