Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In organ-building, said of a pipe or a stop which is set up away from the general wind-chest to which it belongs, usually as a part of the display-pipes: as, a mounted diapason.
- Raised; especially, set on horseback: as, mounted police; specifically, in heraldry, raised upon two or more steps, generally three: said especially of a cross.
- Elevated; set up.
- Furnished; supplied with all necessary accessories.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Seated or serving on horseback or similarly
- adjective Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective on
horseback - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mount .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination
- adjective assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
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Examples
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Then follow a long cavalcade of peasants, mounted on mules or asses -- _mounted_ of a truth, for they sit on a high wooden saddle, their arms folded under their long brown cloaks, and a black pointed hat upon their heads.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
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I'm Bonnie, and this is my CVS,'' she says, just before we see her name mounted above the store's entrance.
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The scope I mounted is one of the new Bushnell Elite 6500s in 4. 5X-30X with mil dots.
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One in mounted on a 30-06 and the other on a 338 Win Mag
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"Part of last week's washin 'mounted up, me bein' away to get you," he explained.
Chapter 16 2010
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One in mounted on a 30-06 and the other on a 338 Win Mag
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Star Wars ROTJ collectible stickers in mounted plaques
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The scope I mounted is one of the new Bushnell Elite 6500s in 4. 5X-30X with mil dots.
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In addition to courting retailers and soundtrack supervisors, her record label mounted an aggressive online marketing campaign that it dubbed "21 Days of Adele."
America Goes Gaga for Adele Ethan Smith 2011
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One nearly got away Thursday, but on the last dive Chen Ruolin mounted a comeback of her own.
No comeback for Wilkinson as Chen dives to China's 7th gold 2008
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