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Webster 1913 Edition

Dismantle

Dis-man′tle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dismantled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismantling
.]
[F.
démanteler
, OF.
desmanteler
; pref:
des-
(L.
dis-
) +
manteler
to cover with a cloak, defend, fr.
mantel
, F.
manteau
, cloak. See
Mantle
.]
1.
To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
2.
To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down;
as, to
dismantle
a fort, a town, or a ship
.
A
dismantled
house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain.
Macaulay.
Syn. – To demo[GREEK]sh; raze. See
Demol[GREEK]sh
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dismantle

DISMANTLE

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and mantle.]
1.
To deprive of dress; to strip; to divest.
2.
To loose; to throw open.
3.
More generally, to deprive or strip of apparatus, or furniture; to unrig; as, to dismantle a ship.
4.
To deprive or strip of military furniture; as, to dismantle a fortress.
5.
To deprive of outworks or forts; as, to dismantle a town.
6.
To break down; as, his nose dismantled.

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