limber

[lim·ber]

Can you dance the hula? Get into crazy yoga positions, or touch your toes? Then you're limber, meaning your body is pretty flexible and able to bend well.

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The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

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

Verb
cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"

Verb
attach the limber; "limber a cannon"

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

Adjective S.
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

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

n.
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.

n.
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

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

a.
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

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

Limber

Lim"ber , n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] 2. (Mil.) 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.) 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 ∨ chest (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. -- Limber rope, Limber chain ∨ 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.

Limber

Lim"ber v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limbered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Limbering.] (Mil.) 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.

Limber

Lim"ber, a. [Akin to lim, a. See Limp, a.] Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton.

The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.

Limber

Lim"ber, v. t. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson.

The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.

Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

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