limber

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A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle
Flexible, pliant, bendable

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

To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
{a} easily bent, pliant, supple, yielding
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding
A two-wheeled cart, bearing an ammunition chest, used for drawing a gun carriage, caisson, wagon, or forge; see Equipment for illustrations and further explanation
1 A two wheeled cart with a single ammunition chest on top Usually either a cannon or a caisson was attached to the rear of the limber for transport
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert" attach the limber; "limber a cannon" (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely (used of e
(used of e g personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well
{f} make flexible; attach a field gun or caisson to a limber
attach the limber; "limber a cannon"
+ limber up limber up If you limber up, you prepare for an energetic physical activity such as a sport by moving and stretching your body. Next door, 200 girls are limbering up for their ballet exams A short walk will limber up the legs. = warm up. limber up to do gentle exercises in order to prepare your muscles for a race, competition etc. able to move and bend easily
A detachable front part of the carriage of a horse-drawn field gun
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun
The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached
{s} flexible, pliant; agile, supple
personality traits readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely (used of e
cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant
{i} two-wheeled vehicle used to tow a field gun or caisson
limmer
limber as a dishrag
Extremely limber or flexible
limber up
to stretch; stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, as before exercise
limber up
to attach a limber
limber pine
western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-gray furrowed bark
limber up
make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
limber up
attach the limber; "limber a cannon"
limberness
{n} a bending quality, pliancy
limbers
{n} square holes in a ships floor timbers, shafts of a gun-carriage
limbered
past of limber
limbering
present participle of limber
limberness
Property of being limber
limberness
The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness
limberness
{i} flexibility, pliability; agility, resiliency
limbers
third-person singular of limber
limbers
a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
limbers
plural of , limber
limber
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