1
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
2
A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
1
attach the limber
"limber a cannon"
2
cause to become limber
"The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
3
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
4
To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
1
(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
"a supple mind"
"a limber imagination"
2
(used of artifacts) easily bent
3
(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
4
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Example Sentences
"limber a cannon"
verb
"The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
verb
"a supple mind"
adjective
"a limber imagination"
adjective
Broader Terms (hypernyms)