dismount

Meanings

Verb

• To (cause to) get off (something).
• To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
• To come down; to descend.
• To throw (cannon) off their carriages.

Noun

• The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

Related

Similar words

• unmount, umount

Opposite words

• get on
• mount

Origin

• dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.