Dis‐mem″ber‐ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m�tilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.