Definition

1. Verb:

   • To mount or climb onto something again: The primary meaning is to get back onto a horse, bicycle, or similar vehicle or animal after having gotten off.
   • To provide with fresh horses: To supply a military unit or person with new horses, especially to replace those that are tired, injured, or lost.
   • To mount or attach something again: To fix or place something back onto a support, base, or backing, often after it has been removed or disassembled.

2. Noun:

   • A fresh horse for replacement: A horse supplied to replace another, especially in a military context.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • After the short break, the rider remounted his horse and continued the journey.
  • The army needed to remount the cavalry unit after the battle.
  • The technician had to remount the engine after the repairs were complete.

• Noun:

  • The officer called for a remount when his horse became lame.

Advanced Usage

• "To remount an attack/offensive": To launch a new attack or offensive after a previous one has stopped or failed. This is a figurative use, drawing from the military origin of the word.
  • After regrouping, the general decided to remount the offensive at dawn.

Variants and Related Words

• Mount (verb): To get up on something (e.g., a horse, a platform).
• Dismount (verb): To get down from something (e.g., a horse, a bicycle). This is the direct opposite action.

Synonyms

• Verb: Reboard, re-embark, reinstall, reattach.
• Noun: Replacement horse, fresh horse.

Related Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms specifically using the word "remount".)

Noun

1. a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle

Verb

1. provide with fresh horses
   • remount a regiment
2. mount again, as after disassembling something
3. mount again
   • he remounted his horse