What is the meaning of limbers?

noun

  • A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson.
  • A channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well.

verb

  • Attach the limber.
    • usage: "limber a cannon"
  • Cause to become limber.
    • usage: "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
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