remount
/ɹiːˈmaʊnt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with its equipment.
Example Sentences
- "They remounted together to their sitting-room while Sir Claude, who said he would join them later, remained below to smoke and to converse with the old acquaintances that he met wherever he turned."
- "And, as it fell, his steed he ready found; / On whom remounting fiercely forth he rode […]"
- "We remounted and took up the same hard tempo."
- "Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles."
- "to give somebody a remount"
- "Sometimes I tell people she is auditioning for a remount of the musical “Hair”."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: re