unlimber

Meanings

Verb

  • To deploy an artillery piece for firing (i.e. to detach it from its limber).
  • To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.
  • To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use.
  • To stretch muscles, limbs, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time.

Adjective

  • Not limber; lacking flexibility.

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