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Limber
//ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Flexible, pliant, bendable.
"He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it."
Adjective
- 1 (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely wordnet
- 2 (used of artifacts) easily bent wordnet
- 3 (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable wordnet
Noun
- 1 A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
"An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels."
- 2 a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson wordnet
- 3 The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. in-plural
- 4 Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well. in-plural
Verb
- 1 To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. transitive
"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"
- 2 To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.) obsolete
- 3 cause to become limber wordnet
- 4 attach the limber wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
Etymology 2
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
Etymology 3
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
Etymology 4
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
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