limber : Idioms & Phrases
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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.
Webster 1913
Limber box ∨ chest
(Mil.) , a box on the limber for carrying ammunition.
Webster 1913
limber pine
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noun western North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark
Pinus flexilis.
WordNet
Limber rope , Limber chain ∨ 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.
Webster 1913
Limber strake
(Shipbuilding) , the first course of inside planking next the keelson.
Webster 1913
limber up
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verb attach the limber
limber.
- limber a cannon
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verb make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
loosen up; warm up.
WordNet
To limber up
- to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber.
