To deprive of dress; to strip; to divest.

To loose; to throw open.

More generally, to deprive or strip of apparatus, or furniture; to unrig; as, to dismantle a ship.

To deprive or strip of military furniture; as, to dismantle a fortress.

To deprive of outworks or forts; as, to dismantle a town.

To break down; as, his nose dismantled.