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. — deniko
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. — deniko
deDie Auswechselspieler fangen an, sich aufzuwärmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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