limber
1to make oneself limber (usually followed by up): to limber up before the game.
to make (something) limber (usually followed by up): She tried to limber up her wits before the exam.
Origin of limber
1synonym study For limber
Other words for limber
Opposites for limber
Other words from limber
- lim·ber·ly, adverb
- lim·ber·ness, noun
Other definitions for limber (2 of 3)
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
to attach the limber to (a gun) in preparation for moving away (sometimes followed by up).
to attach a limber to a gun (usually followed by up).
Origin of limber
2Other definitions for limber (3 of 3)
Usually limbers. Nautical. a passage or gutter in which seepage collects to be pumped away, located on each side of a central keelson; bilge.
Origin of limber
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How to use limber in a sentence
In Flanders, he says, they would never attack with empty limbers behind them; they would wait till they were full up.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAm I to check the number of rounds in the limbers; on the beaches and in transit during a battle?
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonNow and then a battery rumbled through, its gunners on the limbers, detached, with folded arms; and always there were soldiers.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartSo after one discharge the captain ordered the limbers to the rear, and the section started back at a gallop.
On the whole Southern theatre of operations, counting shell in limbers and shell loaded in guns, we have 5,000 rounds of shrapnel.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for limber (1 of 3)
/ (ˈlɪmbə) /
capable of being easily bent or flexed; pliant
able to move or bend freely; agile
Origin of limber
1Derived forms of limber
- limberly, adverb
- limberness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for limber (2 of 3)
/ (ˈlɪmbə) /
part of a gun carriage, often containing ammunition, consisting of an axle, pole, and two wheels, that is attached to the rear of an item of equipment, esp field artillery
(usually foll by up) to attach the limber (to a gun, etc)
Origin of limber
2British Dictionary definitions for limber (3 of 3)
/ (ˈlɪmbə) /
(often plural) nautical (in the bilge of a vessel) a fore-and-aft channel through a series of holes in the frames (limber holes) where water collects and can be pumped out
Origin of limber
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