Definition of "limber" in English

adjective

1. Flexible, pliant, bendable.

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

verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

   • Go back to the Island and limber up with a few drafts.

noun

1. (military) A two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport.

2. (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

3. (nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

verb

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