1. A channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well
   "The ship's limbers helped prevent water accumulation in the hold"

1. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson
   "The artillery unit attached the cannon to the limber"

1. Make one's body suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
   "The violist limbered her wrists before the concert"
    
2. Attach the limber
   "limber a cannon";
   - limber up

Type of: attach, channel, horse-drawn vehicle, warm up

Encyclopedia: Limbers