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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Limbered} (-b[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Limbering}.] (Mil.)
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
{To limber up}, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled
vehicle by attaching the limber.
Limber \Lim"ber\, a. [Akin to limp, a. [root]125. See {Limp},
a.]
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding. --Milton.
The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.
--Turbervile.
Limber \Lim"ber\, v. t.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
--Richardson.
Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[i^]m"b[~e]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a
branch.]
1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
Eng.]
2. (Mil.) 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. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
{Limber boards} (Naut.), 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.
{Limber box or chest} (Mil.), a box on the limber for
carrying ammunition.
{Limber rope}, {Limber chain}, or {Limber clearer} (Naut.), a
rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
--Totten.
{Limber strake} (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
planking next the keelson.
资料来源 : WordNet®
limber
v 1: attach the limber; "limber a cannon" [syn: {limber up}]
2: cause to become limber; "The violist limbered her wrists
before the concert"
limber
adj 1: (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a
supple mind"; "a limber imagination" [syn: {supple}]
2: (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending
freely [syn: {supple}]
n : a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun
or caisson