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remount

remount

2 9.9
A fresh horse given to replace one lost in battle
  • noun
  • /ˈriːmaʊnt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : caballo de reemplazo
  • Where's the brilliant James Dean remount?

Examples

  • Look, my job is to supply large numbers of remounts every year, regardless of conditions.

    The Man From Snowy River II (1988)

  • We will assume that each rider had a remount, a slave, a mule, and a shared tent.

  • We had a free rapid remount a couple of weeks back, so it

    Blog text (7)

  • A dismount... and a remount.

    Stripes (1981)

  • There's a war; you'll be back selling remounts unless you volunteer and ride off with the troops.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • A single Mongol warrior could go on campaign with five or more remounts, rotating between the horses so as not to overexert a single animal.

  • A single Mongol warrior could go on campaign with five or more remounts, rotating between the horses so as not to overexert a single animal.

  • They left the next morning at sunrise, D'Cey and a dozen mounted Kazaks escorting Aunt Ghul's yurt, and a small herd of cattle and remounts.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • During the war, the army needed to acquire many remounts to replace the horses lost in battle.

  • The cavalry unit received a shipment of new remounts to ensure they could continue their patrols.

Synonyms

steed
vsremount
  • Archaic
17 9.6

A strong, fast horse used for riding in battle

is supplied as a fresh replacement after a horse is killed or injured
mount
vsremount
14 4.9

A horse kept and used for riding

is a replacement provided mainly after battle losses rather than general riding

Surface Forms

remount singular
remounts plural

Morphology

remount = mount (semi-transparent) = re + mount

Formally re- + mount is visible, but the noun meaning 'a fresh horse' is a specialized/military sense not fully predictable by learners from the components.

Etymology

Remount comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and mount meaning 'to get on a horse'. It was used for a fresh horse you could 'get on again' after your horse was lost or tired, so a remount is a replacement horse.