Associations to the word «Limber»

Wiktionary

LIMBER, adjective. Flexible, pliant, bendable.
LIMBER, verb. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
LIMBER, noun. (obsolete) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.
LIMBER, noun. (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
LIMBER, noun. (military) 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.
LIMBER, noun. (nautical) (in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
LIMBER, verb. (obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
LIMBER AS A DISHRAG, adjective. (simile) Extremely limber or flexible
LIMBER UP, verb. To stretch; stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, as before exercise
LIMBER UP, verb. To attach a limber

Dictionary definition

LIMBER, noun. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson.
LIMBER, verb. Attach the limber; "limber a cannon".
LIMBER, verb. Cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert".
LIMBER, adjective. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination".
LIMBER, adjective. (used of artifacts) easily bent.
LIMBER, adjective. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely.

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