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Pronunciation : Lim"ber
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a branch.]
Definition : 1. pl.

Defn: The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.]

2. (Mil.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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 or chest (Mil.), a box on the limber for carrying ammunition. -- Limber rope, Limber chain or 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lim"ber v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Limbering.] (Mil.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lim"ber
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Akin to lim, a. Limp, a.]
Definition : Defn: Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. Milton. The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar. Turbervile.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lim"ber
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant. Richardson.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913