Easily bent; flexible; pliant; lithe; yielding: as, a limber rod; a limber joint.

To cause to become limber; render limber or pliant.

To attach the limber to, as a gun; fasten together the two parts of a gun-carriage, in preparation for moving away: often with up.

noun. The shaft or thill of a wagon: usually in the plural.

noun. The fore part of the carriage of a field-gun or cannon, consisting of two wheels and an axle, with a framework and a pole for the horses.

noun. Nautical, a hole cut through the floor-timbers as a passage for water to the pump-well.

transitive verb. To attach to the limber.

transitive verb. to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber.

adjective. Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

transitive verb. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

noun. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

noun. 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.

noun. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

noun. 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.

noun. a box on the limber for carrying ammunition.

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noun. a rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.

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noun. the first course of inside planking next the keelson.

adjective. Flexible, pliant, bendable.

noun. A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.

verb. To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

verb. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

adjective. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

verb. cause to become limber

verb. attach the limber

adjective. (used of artifacts) easily bent

adjective. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

noun. a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson