▪ I. monture
(ˈmɒntjʊə(r))
[a. F. monture, f. monter to mount: see -ure.]
1. ‘A mounting, setting, or frame; the manner in which anything is set or mounted: as, the monture of a diamond. shaft-monture, a kind of mounting for the heddles of looms in figure-weaving’. (Cent. Dict. 1890.)
| 1831 G. R. Porter Silk Manuf. 245 The carefulness and skill..required in preparing the various arrangements of the harness in the loom or, to use the technical phrase, in building the monture. 1882 Ogilvie, Monture, a setting, mounting, frame, or the like. |
‖ 2. [As Fr. (mɔ̃tyr).] Something mounted or ‘set up’.
| 1886 York Herald 10 Aug. 3/2 Flower Department... A quantity of French Montures. |
▪ II. monture
see mounture.