mounted

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
  2. decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination“the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger — F.V.W.Mason”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mount \Mount\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mounting.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n. (above).]

1.To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven.— Jer. li. 53.[1913 Webster]
The fire of trees and houses mounts on high.— Cowley.[1913 Webster]

2.To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. [1913 Webster]

3.To attain in value; to amount. [1913 Webster]

Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
Mounted \Mount"ed\, a.

1.Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry. [1913 Webster]

2.Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem. [1913 Webster]

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