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limber

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limber
Nautical (in the bilge of a vessel) a fore-and-aft channel through a series of holes in the frames (limber holes) where water collects and can be pumped out

limber [′lim·bər]
(ordnance)
A two-wheeled vehicle designed primarily to support the trail section of a gun carriage while in transit.


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Now this was written at a time when the black limber bone of the Greenland or Right whale was largely used in ladies' bodices.
A battery of artillery followed, the cannoneers riding with folded arms on limber and caisson.
As the limber gunners went to the rear, his horse trod in a rabbit hole and came down, throwing him into a depression of the ground.
 
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