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Definition of Limber

1. Noun. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson.

2. Verb. Attach the limber. "Limber a cannon"

3. Adjective. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable. "A limber imagination"

4. Verb. Cause to become limber. "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"

5. Adjective. (used of artifacts) easily bent.

6. Adjective. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely.

Definition of Limber

1. n. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

2. v. t. To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.

3. a. Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

4. v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Definition of Limber

1. Adjective. Flexible, pliant, bendable. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.) ¹

4. Verb. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Limber

1. flexible [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: flexible

Medical Definition of Limber

1. 1. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. 2. 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. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well. Limber boards, the first course of inside planking next the keelson. Origin: For limmer, Icel. Limar branches, boughs, pl. Of lim; akin to E. Limb. See Limb a branch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limber

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limberer limberest limbering limberjack limberjacks limberly limberneck limberness limbernesses limbers

Literary usage of Limber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"The whole face towards the sun; i unchains the limber; : and 7 lift ... The limber is led by 9 ami the driver, 25 yards to the rear, and there turned to the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"limber.—The detachable fore part of a gun-carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, pole, and ammunition chest. limber-chain. ..."

3. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1856)
"This individual bore the surname of limber ; but amongst his friends and equals be ... At this free-and-easy he had encountered Mr. limber, who was an old ..."

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