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limbered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limber \Lim"ber\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limbered (l[i^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Limbering.] (Mil.) To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
To limber up, to change a gun carriage into a four-wheeled vehicle by attaching the limber.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: limber)
Usage examples of "limbered".
On the other were the eighteen motionless guns, limbered up and ready, the horses fidgeting and stamping in the raw morning air.
Once the big gun was out of danger, the others limbered up and followed, their rear still covered by the staunch mounted infantry, with whom rest all the honours of the battle.
Branch and climbed the Henry Hill the regular artillery of the Federals limbered up smartly, galloped across the Matthews Hill, and from its nearer slope plied the retreating Confederates on the opposite slope with admirably served shell.
The French guns fell silent one by one, were limbered up and taken back towards the city.
No orders were given that Rossendale could hear, but the men knew exactly what to do, did it with cheerful efficiency, then limbered up to continue their mad careering gallop through the rain.
The loom squeaked a little at first, but the old grease soon limbered up and it ran as perfectly as it had in his childhood.
He limbered his long neck and lashed his tail several times, like a man settling himself into clothes he had long outgrown.
The artillery, left unprotected, limbered up in haste, and although three times as numerous as the men of the Light Division, the Russians, still firing heavily, retired up the hill, while, with a shout of triumph the broken groups of the 23d, the 19th, and 33d burst into the battery, capturing a gun which the Russians had been unable to withdraw.
At this moment, however, two British guns mounted on a knoll opened upon the Russians, the victorious French threatened their flank, the Russian gunners limbered up and retired, and their infantry suddenly fell back.
Then, deceived by the absolute silence which reigned, and supposing the obstacle was an accidental one, or that the insurgents had retired, the guns were limbered up, the advance guard again moved forward, and the main column marched on close behind the guns.
By this time the batteries have all limbered up and advanced to new positions, mostly out in the open, and an order comes over the telephone from the B.
On one occasion, the whole Brigade, immediately at the close of executing a creeping barrage, limbered up, and topping the crest in front came face to face with the enemy, and dropped into action alongside our advancing infantry.