limber, supple
(adjective) (used of persons’ bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
limber
(adjective) (used of artifacts) easily bent
limber, supple
(adjective) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; “a supple mind”; “a limber imagination”
limber
(noun) a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
limber
(verb) cause to become limber; “The violist limbered her wrists before the concert”
limber, limber up
(verb) attach the limber; “limber a cannon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
limber (comparative limberer, )
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
limber (plural limbers)
(military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
(in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
(nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
• Sometimes the plural limbers was used to refer to a single such vehicle.
limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)
(obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e, to attach it to its limber.)
• unlimber
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"ber, n. Etym: [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.]
1. pl.
Definition: The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Mil.)
Definition: The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
3. pl. (Naut.)
Definition: Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. Limber boards (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged.
– Limber box or chest (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition.
– Limber rope, Limber chain or Limber clearer (Naut.), a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them. Totten.
– Limber strake (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside planking next the keelson.
Lim"ber v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Limbering.] (Mil.)
Definition: To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun. To limber up, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber.
Lim"ber, a. Etym: [Akin to lim, a. Limp, a.]
Definition: Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton. The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. Turbervile.
Lim"ber, v. t.
Definition: To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
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