meaning of limber
1. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
2. 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.
3. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
4. To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
5. Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
6. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
7. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
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