mounted

On horseback.

Adjective

  1. On horseback.
    • The mounted cavalry rode into town.
  2. Furnished; supplied.

Origin

Etymology tree English mount English -ed English mounted From mount + -ed.

Hyponyms

wall-mounted network-mounted vehicle-mounted

Derived

flush mounted mounted infantry mounted police Mountie mountie Mounties nonmounted pad-mounted rack-mounted surface mounted surface mounted technology track-mounted

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of mount
    • As soon as I was mounted, holding on to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot... - 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company,...
    • the cross of the crucifixion or of Calvary, mounted on steps. - 1880, Thomas Spencer Baynes, The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, page 696: