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单词 overmounting
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overmountingn.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmaʊntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmaʊn(t)ɪŋ/
Forms: see over- prefix and mounting n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, mounting n.
Etymology: < over- prefix + mounting n.
rare.
1. The action or fact of mounting too high. Obsolete.
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1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. in Wks. (1815) I. 193 How many..youthes, haue in ouermounting, most ruefully dismounted?
2. Horse Riding. The action of overmount v. 2.
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1971 G. H. Morris Hunter Seat Equitation v. xi. 173 Perhaps the commonest deterrent to good riding, fast learning, and safe teaching is overmounting, or placing a rider on a horse that he is not able to control easily.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overmountingadj.

Forms: 1600s ouer-mounting.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overmount v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < overmount v. + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
That mounts or rises too high.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 15 And in that Sea of Blood, my Boy did drench His ouer-mounting Spirit. View more context for this quotation
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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