dismount (1 and 2 are not pre-S.; sense 2 is a metaphor from gunnery practice)
1.
to unseat,
unhorse (fig.)
H5 III. vii. 89
“your horse . . . would
trot as well were some of your brags
d-ed.”
2.
to lower
Compl. 281
“his . . . eyes he did
”
3.
“
thy tuck,” draw thy rapier from its
sheath Tw.N. III. iv.
247.
