LIMBERED
Verb
limbered
simple past tense and past participle of limber
Source: Wiktionary
LIMBER
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