mounting

Something that serves as a support, setting, or backing.

In heraldry, rising or climbing: applied to beasts of chase when they are represented in the position called rampant in case of a beast of prey. Compare mountant.

The act of rising or ascending; especially, the act of getting on horseback; ascent; soaring.

The act or art of setting stuffed skins of animals in a natural attitude; taxidermy.

That which serves to mount anything, as a sword-blade, a print, or a gem: see mount, verb, 7.