limber

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limber
adj. flexible, pliant; agile, supple
 
v. make flexible; attach a field gun or caisson to a limber
 
n. two-wheeled vehicle used to tow a field gun or caisson

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limber

Noun
1. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
(hypernym) horse-drawn vehicle

Verb
1. attach the limber; "limber a cannon"
(synonym) limber up
(hypernym) attach
2. cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
(hypernym) warm up

Adjective
1. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"
(synonym) supple
(similar) flexible
2. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
(synonym) supple
(similar) flexible, flexile


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Limber
(v. t.)
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
  
 
(v. t.)
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
  
 
(n.)
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
  
 
(a.)
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
  

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adj.
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