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Webster 1913 Edition


Unlimber

Un-lim′ber

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
limber
.]
(Mil.)
To detach the limber from;
as, to
unlimber
a gun
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unlimber

UNLIM'BER

,
Adj.
Not limber; not flexible; not yielding.

Definition 2024


unlimber

unlimber

English

Verb

unlimber (third-person singular simple present unlimbers, present participle unlimbering, simple past and past participle unlimbered)

  1. (obsolete) To deploy an artillery piece for firing (ie, to detach it from its limber).
  2. (by extension) To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.

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