Mount(v.)
- A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain, when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington; otherwise, chiefly in poetry.
Mount(v.)
- A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound.
Mount(v. t.)
- To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
Mount(v. t.)
- To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for riding; to furnish with horses.
Mount(v. t.)
- Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.
Mounting(n.)
- That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.