Definition of limbers Limbers

/lɪˈmbɚz/ - [limberz] -

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What does limbers mean?

WordNet

Noun

Singular: limber

limbers - a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well

channel a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street"

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limbers (Noun)
Plural of limber.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

limbers
or LIMBER-HOLES, parclosses, certain square holes cut through the lower parts of a ship’s floor-timbers, very near the keel. Being disposed in a line, parallel to the keel, they form a channel, which communicates with the pumps throughout the whole length of the floor, so that the water which enters by a leak, and would otherwise be intercepted by the timbers, is easily conveyed to the well-room, where the pumps are fixed. Every floor-timber has two limber-holes cut through it, viz. one on each side of the kelson.