limber.
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
Meaning & usage
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
Where this word comes from
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Where this word comes from
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transport. (Some versions have built-in storage bins for ammunition. Either the limber itself or the ammunition box may also be called a caisson.)
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
Where this word comes from
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
Where this word comes from
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
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