Definition of unlimber Unlimber

un•lim•ber

We found 7 definitions of unlimber from 5 different sources.

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What does unlimber mean?

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  • unlimber (Verb)
    To deploy an artillery piece for firing ie, to detach it from its limber.
  • unlimber (Verb)
    To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • unlimber (v. t.)
    To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • unlimber
    un-lim′bėr, v.t. to remove the limbers from, to take off the limbers of.—v.i. to detach the limbers from the guns
  • unlimber
    un-lim′bėr, adj. (obs.) not flexible

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • unlimber
    With a gun on a travelling-carriage, to release it from the limber, by lifting the trail off the pintle and placing it on the ground, thus bringing it to the position for action.

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  • unlimber, verb, present, 1st person singular of unlimber (infinitive).
  • unlimber, verb (infinitive).

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