Flexible, pliant, bendable.
He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word
A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.
Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.
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To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.
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.