limber

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limber

taipuisa, notkea, joustava.

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limber englanniksi

1. flexible Flexible, pliant, bendable.

Hes so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.''

2. Turberville

The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.

3. To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

4. (rfquotek)

5. puhekieltä A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.

6. puhekieltä The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.

7. puhekieltä The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.

8. 1985, (w), Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 29:

we covered the rutted, rattling, dusty pot-holed roads of coastal Victoria, six big Walers in front, the cannon at the rear, and that unsprung cart they called a ‘limber’ in the middle.

9. puhekieltä Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.

10. puhekieltä To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

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