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limber¹

  • /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɪmbə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp + -er, as seen in clever, slipper (“slippery”), waker (“alert”), etc.

adjective limberer · limberest

  1. Flexible, pliant, bendable. He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.

verb limbers · limbering · limbered

  1. transitive 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

limber²

  • /ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɪmbə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.

noun limbers

  1. 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.) An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.
  2. in plural The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
  3. in plural Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

verb limbers · limbering · limbered

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

Opposite: unlimber

Thesaurus

verb

Opposite: unlimber

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verb to cause to become limber

Españolflexibilizar
Portuguêsflexibilizar
Françaisflexibiliser
Italianoflessibilizzare
Românăflexibiliza

noun two-wheeled vehicle

Españolarmón
Françaisavant-train
DeutschProtze
Русскийпередо́к peredók

verb prepare an artillery piece for transportation

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@misc{limber_2026,
  title = {limber},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/limber},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}