limber
A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece may be attached for transportA 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.)
» Tom is quite limber.
Том доволі проворний.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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.)
Protze
передо́кperedók
(in the plural)The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
(in the plural)Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
- a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
Examples
10 sentencesTom is quite limber.
Том доволі проворний.
Tom is quite limber, isn't he?
Tom is still quite limber.
Tom is limber.
The substitutes are beginning to limber up.
Запасні гравці починають розігріватися.
deDie Auswechselspieler fangen an, sich aufzuwärmen.
Translations
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Origin
For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.For the obsolete limmer, from Old Norse limar (“branches”), plural of lim.
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