intransitive. Chiefly with off or down. To get down or descend from a horse, chariot, etc.; to dismount; to finish one's ride. Now rare (chiefly U.S…

intransitive. With from, off, †of. To get down from a horse, to dismount; to descend or get down from (or out of) any means of transport.

intransitive. Of a bird: to descend from the air to the ground or some other surface; to land. Of a rider: to dismount. Obsolete.

Const. from, out of, forth of. to avoid (from a horse): to dismount. Obsolete.

intransitive. = dismount, v. 2a. rare after early 17th cent.

intransitive. = alight, v.1

intransitive. To disembark, land from a vessel; to alight from a horse, carriage, etc. Now chiefly historical.

intransitive. Of persons: To descend; to come, go, or get down; to dismount, alight. (Often with redundant down; cf. ascend up.)

To get down, alight (from a horse or other animal; also, formerly, from a vehicle).

intransitive. To dismount; to alight, land. Now rare.

intransitive. To alight; to dismount. English regional (south-western) in later use.

intransitive. To dismount.

transitive. To dismount from (a horse or other animal). Also intransitive. Now somewhat rare.

intransitive. Originally: to dismount from a horse. Subsequently also: to alight from a railway carriage, tram, bus, etc. Also (esp. in early use)…