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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
limber1 /ˈlɪmbə/

▶adjective supple; flexible. ▶verb (often limber up) warm up in preparation for exercise or activity.

– derivatives
limberness noun.

– origin C16: perh. from limber2 in the dial. sense ‘cart shaft’, with allusion to the to-and-fro motion.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
limber2 /ˈlɪmbə/

▶noun the detachable front part of a gun carriage. ▶verb attach a limber to (a gun).

– origin ME lymour, appar. rel. to med. L. limonarius from limo, limon- ‘shaft’.

'limber' also found in these Oxford entries:

limber pine - limbo - unlimber

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