undermounted

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ mounted.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

undermounted (not generally comparable, comparative more undermounted, superlative most undermounted)

1. Said of a rider mounted on a horse that is not strong or large enough for the size and weight of the rider.
   • 1797, W. TYNDALE, Α TREATISE ON MILITARY EQUITATION, London, page 30:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 1899, G.J. Whyte-Melville, Market Harborough and Inside the Bar, New York: Longmans, Green & Co., page 231:

     “It's a pity to see a gentleman undermounted,” specially in a country like this: so dangerous too!

2. Something that is mounted under something else.
   • 1909 November, The Irrigation Age, volume XXV, number 1, Chicago, page 6:

     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.

   • 1999, Ask the Family Handy-man, Reader’s Digest, page 221:

     Sinks can also be undermounted — attached to the underside of the counter with clips or adhesive.

   • 2017, Ben Coes, Trap the Devil, New York: St. Martin’s Press, page 432:

     The underside of the fuselage rumbled, as undermounted cannon dropped, targetted, and started firing rounds in a high-pitched rat-a-tat-tat.

Synonyms

• (mounted under something else): undermount