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.
Usage examples of "to limber up".
Colonel Harness, seeing that his two small battalion guns would inevitably be destroyed if they stayed in action, ordered his gunners to limber up and follow the regiment forward.
Zahpata grinned like a war-dog scenting blood as the Colonial artillery ceased fire and began to limber up with panic speed.
Once on her feet, she stretched her aching muscles, then touched her toes several times to limber up.
He put the towel aside, flexed the hand for awhile (the first few times made him grimace with pain, but then the hand began to limber up), and started to write again.
He felt good from the moment he slipped into the open cockpit, tucked his feet into the dogs bolted to the foot rests, and pushed the sliding seat back and forth a few times on its twin runners to limber up his abdominal muscles.
Both men began to limber up with a series of practice cuts and thrusts that made their blades sing and glitter in the early light.