mountedadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)əd/

Forms: see mount v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mount v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < mount v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier unmounted adj. With sense 1a compare also mount n.¹

†1.

a. Elevated or raised up like a mountain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > made high

rearedc1330

mounted1582

aspired1597

mountained1650

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 44 Lucifer owtpeaking in tips of mounted hil Ida On draws thee dawning.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 26 The stilled maine Reclaimes her mounted waues againe.

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. iv. 42 At the farthest bourne of mounted eastern cloud, the heralds of the sun lay rosy fingers.

b. Elevated in situation or position. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > elevated in position

raiseda1450

elevated1553

mounted1601

upmounted1616

pinnacled1863

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > specifically of things or ideas

regal1561

prince-worthy1574

mounted1601

august1602

elevated1604

venerable1615

tall1655

seraphical1656

big1660

rarefied1662

elevate1667

grand1678

dignified1763

princessly1813

sublimized1827

high-stepping1867

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A4^v What's wealth without respect and mounted place?

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. iv. 4 Th' imparciall Gods, who from the mounted heavens View us their mortall Heard, behold who erre.

a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. ii. 271 Descendinge from the mounted Prioryes of Malverne..I come to Hanley Castell.

c. Elevated on a platform or stage. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > that has risen or gone up > on a platform or stage

mounted1683

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom (e) f. 3^v While mounted Andrews, bawdy, bold, and loud, Like Cocks, alarum all the drowsie Crowd.

a. Seated on the back of a horse or other animal; (later also) seated on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc. Also: in the habit of or accustomed to riding on horseback.

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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective]

yhorsedc893

ridingOE

chevausende1430

horsed1488

mounted1583

horsinga1627

equestrian1711

equitant1840

bestriding1849

horse-riding1854

macadamizing1869

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [adjective] > mounted

horsed1488

mounted1799

society > travel > transport > cycling > [adjective] > mounted on a cycle

mounted1884

1583 T. Churchyard in R. Robinson tr. Aunc. Order Prince Arthure Commend. sig. ***4 And haply makes when horse is hurt, the mounted man alight.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 143 These..mounted people, ought to..haue some skill in diseases of horses.

1680 N. Lee Theodosius iv. ii. 36 The Hippodrome does groan Beneath the Burden of the mounted Warriors.

1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 367 In passing on foot, all mounted officers are in front of the regiment, except the adjutant.

1825 C. I. M. Dibdin Comic Tales 150 O, shameful flight, A mean foot soldier drove a mounted knight!

1884 Springfield Wheelmen's Gaz. Nov. 105/2 Over 5000 were mounted cyclers.

1894 Dict. National Biogr. XXXVIII. 98/2 A band of armed and mounted marauders made their appearance.

1948 Pix (Austral.) 28 Aug. 10 (caption) A mounted charro (cowboy) snakes his lariat out in a perfect throw, born of long practice.

1977 Kwang-chih Chang Archaeol. Anc. China (ed. 3) viii. 393 These remains..indicate a mounted culture, based for subsistence upon herding and hunting-fishing, with little farming.

1983 S. Cooper Seaward iii. 14 He saw a single mounted figure in black.

b. Designating an army unit, police force, or other organization whose members serve on horseback, etc., as mounted infantry, mounted police, mounted rifleman, etc. Of a soldier or police officer: belonging to such a unit, force, etc.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry > mounted infantry

mounted infantry1792

M.I.1900

1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 i. 175 Gen. Scott has proceeded towards Fort Jefferson with 1500 mounted militia and rifle-men.

1792 Deb. Congr. U.S. 18 Sept. (1849) 1134 General Harman..detached..the mounted infantry.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Mounted Riflemen, a corps of riflemen in the British service, dressed like hussars.

1825 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1919) 1st Ser. XII. 85 I had some time since carefully selected and equipped as light cavalry, 2 Officers, 2 Serjeants, and 22 Rank and File from the Regiment under my Command to act as a Mounted Police.

1858 E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico 177 The Indians were once nearly taking prisoners a whole company of mounted infantry.

1878 Saskatchewan Herald (Battleford) 25 Aug. 1/2 Shoal Lake has been created the headquarters of the Mounted Police for that district.

1901 Empire Rev. 1 375 While Mounted Infantry are footmen trained for purposes of mobility to ride a horse or bicycle, Mounted Rifles are horsemen trained to fight on foot.

1949 Dict. National Biogr. 1931–40 9/2 He received most of the reinforcements which he demanded, bringing his army to a strength of seven infantry and three mounted divisions.

1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard ii. 50 A specialist job: the CID..Mounted Branch.

1999 High Country News 22 Nov. 7/2 I have watched a National Guard helicopter stop and hold down in the brush some 20 illegals until mounted Border Patrol agents could arrive to line them out on a cattle trail.

c. Of a contest, manoeuvre, etc.: performed on horseback.

ΚΠ

1843 Southern Literary Messenger 9 117/1 The laborious and tedious process of enlisting, clothing, equipping, of discipline, of dismounted and the doubly difficult mounted drill.

1883 Daily News 31 Aug. 6/6 A series of mounted contests promoted for the entertainment of the garrison.

1899 T. Roosevelt Rough Riders vi. 226 Some of the troopers of the Third Cavalry were getting ready for mounted drill when one of their horses escaped.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 397 Mounted Combat, combat in which the saber charge and pistol attack are characteristic, while the rifle is the habitual weapon of dismounted combat.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 69/2 Poleaxes also were used; and there were mounted combats with swords or maces.

a. Set in, fixed to, placed on, or provided with a mount or support (cf. mount n.² 5). In early use also (chiefly Scottish): †fitted out, adorned, or trimmed with all necessary ornaments or attachments (obsolete).Frequently with modifying word denoting the material or position of the mount.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > on a stand

mounted1600

trestled1885

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [adjective] > mounted

mounted1854

1600 in D. Thomson Dunfermline Hammermen (1909) 12 [The armourer's essay was] ane mounted braidsword, sufficiently wrought.

1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1819) VI. 152/1 Hangins, Tapestrie, mounted-Beds [etc.].

1661 Edinb. Test. LXX. f. 38^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Montit Ane munted pleughe.

1687 W. Hope Scots Fencing-master 161 A well mounted sword.., which is light before the Hand... If the Hilt contrepoise the Blade, it is well mounted, otherwise not.

1775 N.Y. Jrnl. 16 Mar. (advt.) For sale, silver and brass mounted pistols.

1806 R. Polwhele Poems II. 23 He grasp'd his silver-mounted staff.

1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Mounted, secured to a mount. A term applied to a print or drawing fastened upon mounting-paper or card-board.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 123/1 The stuffed animals and mounted skeletons.

1892 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. at Burnisher The face of the mounted print is lubricated with soap.

1900 Daily News 1 June 2/7 A fine five-inch equatorially mounted astronomical telescope.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. ii. 391 The library..was full of books and mounted specimens of wild game.

1947 Highway Engineers' Ref. Bk. iv. 122/2 On straight roads side-mounted lanterns may be arranged either opposite to each other or in a staggered arrangement.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 142/1 An all-purpose mounted implement capable of drastically reducing the time and labour spent in preparing seed beds.

1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 33/1 Externally the new E-class boasts..some swanky wing-mirror-mounted indicators, plus a pair of redesigned tail-light clusters.

b. Gunnery. Of a cannon: fitted with a stock or carriage. Of a cannon or other gun: set up for use.Also with modifying word denoting the form or position of the mounting.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [adjective] > placed in position for use

mounted1639

1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 211 Our Hill was garnished..with our mounted canon.

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iv. i. 36 Laws are but rusty Cannons kept for shew, Men are the mounted Guns to do Execution, and we can turn their Muzzles any way.

1699 T. D'Urfey Famous Hist. Rise & Fall Massaniello (1700) ii. v. iv. 49 Rabble..that..would have..run to the mouth of a new mounted Cannon, and finger'd even the Ball for Massainello.

1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 117 The quarter-deck guns all adrift, and not even mounted.

1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. iii. 127 The hot Lord Erskine arms in our offence His mounted guns.

1893 N.E.D. at Cupola An armour-plated revolving dome to protect mounted guns on an iron-clad ship.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 4/2 A tripod-mounted gun.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 May 394/5 The loss of the Captain..marked the end of the attempt to combine a full set of sails with steam propulsion and turret-mounted guns.

1993 S. Faulks Birdsong (BNC) 186 Once more in ragged suicidal line they trudged towards the pattering death of mounted guns.

4. Chiefly poetic. Of a celestial object, esp. the sun: that has risen or ascended. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1624 R. Bellings Sixth Bk. Arcadia 48 At that time of day when the high mounted Sunne makes least shadowes.

1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xi. 16 in Paraphr. Divine Poems As the mounted Sunne Breakes through the Clouds, and throwes his golden Raies.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 301 The mounted Sun Shot down direct his fervid Raies.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 539 When thro' the Zone of heav'n the mounted sun Hath journey'd half.

1865 E. Caswall May Pageant 90 The mounted sun Full in its clear meridian brightness shone.

1868 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Common Eng. 154 By morning meads, or mid-day mound, Or mellow midnight's mounted moon.

†5. Heraldry. Of a figure of a horse: shown bearing a rider. Of a cross or the like: set upon greces or degrees. Obsolete. rare.

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?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Eee2^v/1 Mounted, a term applicable to the horse bearing a rider, and also used for the placing of a cross, &c. upon steps, as a cross mounted upon grieces, or degrees.

6. Of a theatrical production, exhibition, radio or television programme, etc.: produced, directed, organized, arranged.Usually with modifying adverb; recorded earliest in well-mounted adj. 5.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > put on (of performance)

mounted1862

1862 Derby Mercury 5 Mar. 5/3 We have been unable to enjoy here well mounted plays.

1891 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 193 Signor Lago has produced a few miserably-mounted fragments of worn-out Italian operas.

1966 Listener 30 June 945/2 The carefully mounted [broadcast] series for mentally handicapped children.

1971 Nature 9 July 74/1 The medical problems of many developing countries,..should be amenable to all kinds of internationally mounted projects.

1992 New Musical Express (BNC) 9 May 52 A genuinely frightening, audaciously mounted movie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mounted
释义	mountedadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)əd/ Forms: see mount v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mount v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < mount v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier unmounted adj. With sense 1a compare also mount n.¹ †1. a. Elevated or raised up like a mountain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > made high rearedc1330 mounted1582 aspired1597 mountained1650 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 44 Lucifer owtpeaking in tips of mounted hil Ida On draws thee dawning. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 26 The stilled maine Reclaimes her mounted waues againe. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. iv. 42 At the farthest bourne of mounted eastern cloud, the heralds of the sun lay rosy fingers. b. Elevated in situation or position. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > elevated in position raiseda1450 elevated1553 mounted1601 upmounted1616 pinnacled1863 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] > specifically of things or ideas regal1561 prince-worthy1574 mounted1601 august1602 elevated1604 venerable1615 tall1655 seraphical1656 big1660 rarefied1662 elevate1667 grand1678 dignified1763 princessly1813 sublimized1827 high-stepping1867 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A4^v What's wealth without respect and mounted place? a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. iv. 4 Th' imparciall Gods, who from the mounted heavens View us their mortall Heard, behold who erre. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. ii. 271 Descendinge from the mounted Prioryes of Malverne..I come to Hanley Castell. c. Elevated on a platform or stage. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > that has risen or gone up > on a platform or stage mounted1683 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom (e) f. 3^v While mounted Andrews, bawdy, bold, and loud, Like Cocks, alarum all the drowsie Crowd. 2. a. Seated on the back of a horse or other animal; (later also) seated on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc. Also: in the habit of or accustomed to riding on horseback. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > rider > [adjective] yhorsedc893 ridingOE chevausende1430 horsed1488 mounted1583 horsinga1627 equestrian1711 equitant1840 bestriding1849 horse-riding1854 macadamizing1869 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [adjective] > mounted horsed1488 mounted1799 society > travel > transport > cycling > [adjective] > mounted on a cycle mounted1884 1583 T. Churchyard in R. Robinson tr. Aunc. Order Prince Arthure Commend. sig. **4 And haply makes when horse is hurt, the mounted man alight. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres* v. 143 These..mounted people, ought to..haue some skill in diseases of horses. 1680 N. Lee Theodosius iv. ii. 36 The Hippodrome does groan Beneath the Burden of the mounted Warriors. 1799 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (ed. 3) 367 In passing on foot, all mounted officers are in front of the regiment, except the adjutant. 1825 C. I. M. Dibdin Comic Tales 150 O, shameful flight, A mean foot soldier drove a mounted knight! 1884 Springfield Wheelmen's Gaz. Nov. 105/2 Over 5000 were mounted cyclers. 1894 Dict. National Biogr. XXXVIII. 98/2 A band of armed and mounted marauders made their appearance. 1948 Pix (Austral.) 28 Aug. 10 (caption) A mounted charro (cowboy) snakes his lariat out in a perfect throw, born of long practice. 1977 Kwang-chih Chang Archaeol. Anc. China (ed. 3) viii. 393 These remains..indicate a mounted culture, based for subsistence upon herding and hunting-fishing, with little farming. 1983 S. Cooper Seaward iii. 14 He saw a single mounted figure in black. b. Designating an army unit, police force, or other organization whose members serve on horseback, etc., as mounted infantry, mounted police, mounted rifleman, etc. Of a soldier or police officer: belonging to such a unit, force, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry > mounted infantry mounted infantry1792 M.I.1900 1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 i. 175 Gen. Scott has proceeded towards Fort Jefferson with 1500 mounted militia and rifle-men. 1792 Deb. Congr. U.S. 18 Sept. (1849) 1134 General Harman..detached..the mounted infantry. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Mounted Riflemen, a corps of riflemen in the British service, dressed like hussars. 1825 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1919) 1st Ser. XII. 85 I had some time since carefully selected and equipped as light cavalry, 2 Officers, 2 Serjeants, and 22 Rank and File from the Regiment under my Command to act as a Mounted Police. 1858 E. H. D. Domenech Missionary Adventures Texas & Mexico 177 The Indians were once nearly taking prisoners a whole company of mounted infantry. 1878 Saskatchewan Herald (Battleford) 25 Aug. 1/2 Shoal Lake has been created the headquarters of the Mounted Police for that district. 1901 Empire Rev. 1 375 While Mounted Infantry are footmen trained for purposes of mobility to ride a horse or bicycle, Mounted Rifles are horsemen trained to fight on foot. 1949 Dict. National Biogr. 1931–40 9/2 He received most of the reinforcements which he demanded, bringing his army to a strength of seven infantry and three mounted divisions. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard ii. 50 A specialist job: the CID..Mounted Branch. 1999 High Country News 22 Nov. 7/2 I have watched a National Guard helicopter stop and hold down in the brush some 20 illegals until mounted Border Patrol agents could arrive to line them out on a cattle trail. c. Of a contest, manoeuvre, etc.: performed on horseback. ΚΠ 1843 Southern Literary Messenger 9 117/1 The laborious and tedious process of enlisting, clothing, equipping, of discipline, of dismounted and the doubly difficult mounted drill. 1883 Daily News 31 Aug. 6/6 A series of mounted contests promoted for the entertainment of the garrison. 1899 T. Roosevelt Rough Riders vi. 226 Some of the troopers of the Third Cavalry were getting ready for mounted drill when one of their horses escaped. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 397 Mounted Combat, combat in which the saber charge and pistol attack are characteristic, while the rifle is the habitual weapon of dismounted combat. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 69/2 Poleaxes also were used; and there were mounted combats with swords or maces. 3. a. Set in, fixed to, placed on, or provided with a mount or support (cf. mount n.² 5). In early use also (chiefly Scottish): †fitted out, adorned, or trimmed with all necessary ornaments or attachments (obsolete).Frequently with modifying word denoting the material or position of the mount. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > on a stand mounted1600 trestled1885 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [adjective] > mounted mounted1854 1600 in D. Thomson Dunfermline Hammermen (1909) 12 [The armourer's essay was] ane mounted braidsword, sufficiently wrought. 1644 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1819) VI. 152/1 Hangins, Tapestrie, mounted-Beds [etc.]. 1661 Edinb. Test. LXX. f. 38^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Montit Ane munted pleughe. 1687 W. Hope Scots Fencing-master 161 A well mounted sword.., which is light before the Hand... If the Hilt contrepoise the Blade, it is well mounted, otherwise not. 1775 N.Y. Jrnl. 16 Mar. (advt.) For sale, silver and brass mounted pistols. 1806 R. Polwhele Poems II. 23 He grasp'd his silver-mounted staff. 1854 F. W. Fairholt Dict. Terms Art Mounted, secured to a mount. A term applied to a print or drawing fastened upon mounting-paper or card-board. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 123/1 The stuffed animals and mounted skeletons. 1892 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. at Burnisher The face of the mounted print is lubricated with soap. 1900 Daily News 1 June 2/7 A fine five-inch equatorially mounted astronomical telescope. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark vi. ii. 391 The library..was full of books and mounted specimens of wild game. 1947 Highway Engineers' Ref. Bk. iv. 122/2 On straight roads side-mounted lanterns may be arranged either opposite to each other or in a staggered arrangement. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 1 Mar. 142/1 An all-purpose mounted implement capable of drastically reducing the time and labour spent in preparing seed beds. 1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. Aug. 33/1 Externally the new E-class boasts..some swanky wing-mirror-mounted indicators, plus a pair of redesigned tail-light clusters. b. Gunnery. Of a cannon: fitted with a stock or carriage. Of a cannon or other gun: set up for use.Also with modifying word denoting the form or position of the mounting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [adjective] > placed in position for use mounted1639 1639 R. Baillie Let. 28 Sept. (1841) I. 211 Our Hill was garnished..with our mounted canon. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iv. i. 36 Laws are but rusty Cannons kept for shew, Men are the mounted Guns to do Execution, and we can turn their Muzzles any way. 1699 T. D'Urfey Famous Hist. Rise & Fall Massaniello (1700) ii. v. iv. 49 Rabble..that..would have..run to the mouth of a new mounted Cannon, and finger'd even the Ball for Massainello. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 117 The quarter-deck guns all adrift, and not even mounted. 1874 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell ii. iii. 127 The hot Lord Erskine arms in our offence His mounted guns. 1893 N.E.D. at Cupola An armour-plated revolving dome to protect mounted guns on an iron-clad ship. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 25 May 4/2 A tripod-mounted gun. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 May 394/5 The loss of the Captain..marked the end of the attempt to combine a full set of sails with steam propulsion and turret-mounted guns. 1993 S. Faulks Birdsong (BNC) 186 Once more in ragged suicidal line they trudged towards the pattering death of mounted guns. 4. Chiefly poetic. Of a celestial object, esp. the sun: that has risen or ascended. Now rare. ΚΠ 1624 R. Bellings Sixth Bk. Arcadia 48 At that time of day when the high mounted Sunne makes least shadowes. 1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Iob xi. 16 in Paraphr. Divine Poems As the mounted Sunne Breakes through the Clouds, and throwes his golden Raies. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 301 The mounted Sun Shot down direct his fervid Raies. View more context for this quotation 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 539 When thro' the Zone of heav'n the mounted sun Hath journey'd half. 1865 E. Caswall May Pageant 90 The mounted sun Full in its clear meridian brightness shone. 1868 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Common Eng. 154 By morning meads, or mid-day mound, Or mellow midnight's mounted moon. †5. Heraldry. Of a figure of a horse: shown bearing a rider. Of a cross or the like: set upon greces or degrees. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Eee2^v/1 Mounted, a term applicable to the horse bearing a rider, and also used for the placing of a cross, &c. upon steps, as a cross mounted upon grieces, or degrees. 6. Of a theatrical production, exhibition, radio or television programme, etc.: produced, directed, organized, arranged.Usually with modifying adverb; recorded earliest in well-mounted adj. 5. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > put on (of performance) mounted1862 1862 Derby Mercury 5 Mar. 5/3 We have been unable to enjoy here well mounted plays. 1891 G. B. Shaw How to become Musical Critic (1960) 193 Signor Lago has produced a few miserably-mounted fragments of worn-out Italian operas. 1966 Listener 30 June 945/2 The carefully mounted [broadcast] series for mentally handicapped children. 1971 Nature 9 July 74/1 The medical problems of many developing countries,..should be amenable to all kinds of internationally mounted projects. 1992 New Musical Express (BNC) 9 May 52 A genuinely frightening, audaciously mounted movie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1582
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