mounting

[ moun-ting ]
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noun
  1. the act of a person or thing that mounts.

  2. something that serves as a mount, support, setting, or the like: a new mounting for an heirloom jewel.

Origin of mounting

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at mount1, -ing1

Other words from mounting

  • un·mount·ing, adjective

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How to use mounting in a sentence

  • I'll git out ole Lucretia Borgia an' hike fer the mountings immediate.

  • The Russians had been quartered for some time in Mohilna, and as they obtained new mountings, they were allowed to sell the old.

  • "Mountings is old hills, or big hills," Peggy continued, herself slightly confused.

    Little Miss Peggy | Mrs. Molesworth
  • A pair of hands gripped the barrels of the machine guns, and with an easy tug, tore them from their mountings.

  • It is of mahogany with gilt mountings of very beautiful design on the pillars of the front.

    The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore

British Dictionary definitions for mounting

mounting

/ (ˈmaʊntɪŋ) /


noun
  1. another word for mount 1 (def. 13)

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