\Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F.
d['e]membrement.]
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.