unlimber.
To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.
Meaning & usage
To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.
To clumsily put into employ (a large weapon or object).
To unsling (something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap); to bring (something carried) into the hands for use.
To stretch (limbs, muscles, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English limber English unlimber From un- + limber.
Not limber; lacking flexibility.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English limber English unlimber From un- + limber.
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