Sekirov Dictionary

limber

/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

noun 3
adjective 1
verb 2
forms 5
phrases 1

noun[in the plural]3

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A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)
- An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels. — 1892
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

adjective1

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Flexible, pliant, bendable.
- He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

verb2

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To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
- Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word — 1748
(no longer used) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

forms

limbered · limbering · limbers · limberer · limberest

Phrases with limber

limber up
To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.

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