limber

English

Etymology 1

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Adjective

limber (comparative more limber, superlative most limber)

1. Flexible, pliant, bendable.

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

Derived terms

• limber up

Etymology 2

For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim

Noun

limber (plural limbers)

1. (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

limber (third-person singular simple present limbers, present participle limbering, simple past and past participle limbered)

1. (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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