- to make oneself limber (usually followed by up): to limber up before the game.
- to make (something) limber (usually followed by up): She tried to limber up her wits before the exam.
- a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- to attach the limber to (a gun) in preparation for moving away (sometimes followed by up).
- to attach a limber to a gun (usually followed by up).
- a passage or gutter in which seepage collects to be pumped away, located on each side of a central keelson; bilge.
- capable of being easily bent or flexed; pliant
- able to move or bend freely; agile
- part of a gun carriage, often containing ammunition, consisting of an axle, pole, and two wheels, that is attached to the rear of an item of equipment, esp field artillery
- to attach the limber (to a gun, etc)
- (in the bilge of a vessel) a fore-and-aft channel through a series of holes in the frames (limber holes) where water collects and can be pumped out
