Unmounted

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8.]

  1.  a. Of cannon: Not placed on carriages.

1627.  Taking St. Esprit, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), III. 550. Twelve pieces unmounted in her hold.

1690.  J. Mackenzie, Siege London-Derry, 7/2. [We] found … most of the Guns unmounted for want of Carriages.

1790.  Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., I. 325. In the fort were four guns mounted, and as many unmounted.

1909.  G. M. Trevelyan, Garibaldi, 243. The carts that carried the yet unmounted cannon.

  b.  Not fixed up for use or display; not provided with a mount or mounts.

1888.  Encycl. Dict.

1890.  Science-Gossip, XXVI. 144/1. Wanted, good unmounted material, also foreign butterflies and shells.

1891.  Anthony’s Photogr. Bull., IV. 235. To use unmounted slides it is necessary to have auxiliary carriers.

1892.  Photogr. Ann., II. 57. We had also in our album a lot of other unmounted prints.

  2.  Not provided with, or riding on, a horse or horses.

1592.  Nashe, Four Lett. Confut., H 2. Thy excellent outcast selfe that liu’dst at Cambridge vnmounted.

1630.  Capt. Smith, Trav. & Adv., vi. 10. Captain Smith … was not long unmounted, for there was choice enough of horses.

1688.  Lond. Gaz., No. 2380/2. A good part of the Cavalry will remain unmounted.

1828.  Webster, s.v., Unmounted dragoons.

1831.  G. P. R. James, Phil. Augustus, III. x. All the most beautiful horses … were led … by the pages and squire, unmounted.

1900.  Westm. Gaz., 3 Feb., 6/1. The number of mounted and unmounted troops.