English
Adjective
en-adj
#flexible|Flexible, pliant, bendable.
#:He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
Derived terms
limber up
Noun
en-noun
- obsolete A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.
Usage notes
Sometimes the plural limbers was used to refer to a single such vehicle.
Verb
en-verb
- obsolete To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
Antonyms
unlimber
Translations
Swedish: brösta
References
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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