limber

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Flexible, pliant, bendable.

   “He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.”

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

   “Her stiff hams, that have not been bent to a civility for ten years past, are now limbered into courtesies three deep at every word”

3. isim A 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.)

   “An' when the smoke 'ad cleared away, before the limber wheels, / There lay the Driver's Brother with 'is 'ead between 'is 'eels.”

4. isim The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
5. isim Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
6. fiil To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)