Limber

//ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Flexible, pliant, bendable.

    "He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely wordnet
  2. 2
    (used of artifacts) easily bent wordnet
  3. 3
    (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson wordnet
  3. 3
    The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. in-plural
  4. 4
    Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well. in-plural
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.) obsolete
  3. 3
    cause to become limber wordnet
  4. 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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