limber

Meaning

Adj

Flexible, pliant, bendable.

Verb

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

Noun

1. A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.
2. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
3. Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

Verb

To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

Synonyms

supple

flexible

pliant

pliable

lithe

limber up

lissome

stretch

whippy

elastic

flexile

go-cart

lissom

lithesome

live

malleable

nonrigid

plastic

pusher

rig

springy

stretchable

stretched

stretchy

unbigoted

wagon

warm up

wavy

withy

loosen up

stretch oneself

forecarriage

smoothtongued

coaster wagon

unexacting

adaptable

front axle unit

adaptive

bendable

biddable

buggy

carriage

cart

dray

extensile

flaccid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪmbə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to limb or limp.