unlimber

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.

   “The gun he drove had been unlimbered near Horsell, in order to command the sand-pits, and its arrival had precipitated the action.”

2. fiil To clumsily put into employ (a large weapon or object).
3. fiil To unsling (something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap); to bring (something carried) into the hands for use.
4. fiil To stretch (limbs, muscles, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time).

   “"I fancy," said Psmith, "that this is one of those moments when it is necessary for me to unlimber my Sherlock Holmes system. […] Do you follow me, Comrade Maloney?" / "That's right," said Billy Windsor. "Of course." / "Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary," murmured Psmith.”

5. sıfat Not limber; lacking flexibility.