remount

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
verb mount again
verb mount again, as after disassembling something

From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount.

Remount department, 19-23, 24, 27. — History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) : Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government, Great Britain. War Office
"We all want remounts badly enough," the officer said. — With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
And the Remount and Forage Trades, and the Army-Contractors, flourished as the green bay-tree. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

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