Limber

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.

II. Limber ·noun The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

III. Limber ·vt To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.

IV. Limber ·vt To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

V. Limber ·noun Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.

VI. Limber ·noun The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.