Found 4 items, similar to Limber.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: limb
anggota tubuh, tungkai
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: limber
gemulai, lentur
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: limber
limber
v 1: attach the limber;
“limber a cannon” [syn:
limber up]
2: cause to become limber;
“The violist limbered her wrists
before the concert”
limber
adj 1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable;
“a
supple mind”;
“a limber imagination” [syn:
supple]
2: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending
freely [syn:
supple]
n : a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun
or caisson
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Limber
Limber
\Lim"ber\ (l[i^]m"b[~e]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See
Limb a
branch.]
1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
Eng.]
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2. (Mil.) 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.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
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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
Limber 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.
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Limber
\Lim"ber\ v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Limbered
(l[i^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Limbering.] (Mil.)
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
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To limber up, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled
vehicle by attaching the limber.
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Limber
\Lim"ber\, a. [Akin to limp, a. [root]125. See
Limp,
a.]
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. --Milton.
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The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.
--Turbervile.
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Limber
\Lim"ber\, v. t.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
--Richardson.
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