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Noun: limbers  lim-bu(r)z
  1. A channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
Noun: limber  lim-bu(r)
  1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
Verb: limber  lim-bu(r)
  1. Make one's body suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
    "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
     
  2. Attach the limber
    "limber a cannon";
    - limber up

Type of: attach, channel, horse-drawn vehicle, warm up

Encyclopedia: Limbers

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