To remove (a thing) from that on which it has been mounted; esp. to take or throw down (a gun or cannon) from its carriage or other support…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount on carriage > dismount or unlimber (5) dismount1544 To remove (a thing) from that on which it has been mounted; esp. to take or throw down (a gun or cannon) from its carriage or other support… demount1577 transitive. = dismount, v. 6. Also (in early use) intransitive: †to be dismountable (obsolete). unstock1598 transitive. To dismount (a gun). unbrack1611 (un-, prefix2 affix 1c: cf. brack, n.5) unlimber1760 intransitive and transitive. Military. Originally: to prepare an artillery piece for firing by detaching and withdrawing the limber (limber, n.1… |
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