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undermounted en · ADJ

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Etymology

From under- + mounted.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) Said of a rider mounted on a horse that is not strong or large enough for the size and weight of the rider.
   • I am therefore led to imagine the reasons they are so under mounted are, first---that unless a Hussar be extremely active and can turn almost as quick as a man on foot, he is useless; therefore agility is required in the animal more than strength; but that is no reason why both agility and strength should not be combined in him if possible. 1797, W. TYNDALE, Α TREATISE ON MILITARY EQUITATION, London, page 30:
   • “It's a pity to see a gentleman undermounted,” specially in a country like this: so dangerous too! 1899, G.J. Whyte-Melville, Market Harborough and Inside the Bar, New York: Longmans, Green & Co., page 231:
   • The undermounted cavalry of the Swedes could have done little towards repelling them single-handed, whereas the continued tempest of bullets against which the armour of the cuirassiers did not protect them turned the scale in favour of the Swedes. 1846, “HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF LEIPSIC. FOUGHT ON THE 7TH SEPTEMBER 1631.”, in Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal (Part II), page 23:
2. (not-comparable, usually) Something that is mounted under something else.
   • Sinks can also be undermounted — attached to the underside of the counter with clips or adhesive. 1999, Ask the Family Handy-man, Reader’s Digest, page 221:
   • The underside of the fuselage rumbled, as undermounted cannon dropped, targetted, and started firing rounds in a high-pitched rat-a-tat-tat. 2017, Ben Coes, Trap the Devil, New York: St. Martin’s Press, page 432:
   • The only engine having a design adapted for heavy traction work. The undermounted construction gives it many points of important advantage over the top mounted style as used by all others. 1909 November, The Irrigation Age, volume XXV, number 1, Chicago, page 6:

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Synonyms

undermount (mounted under something else)