unlimber (English, verb)
expansion: unlimber (third-person singular simple present unlimbers, present participle unlimbering, simple past and past participle unlimbered)
expansion: (transitive)
Senses:
glosses: To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.
tags: obsolete
transitive
glosses: To clumsily put into employ (a large weapon or object).
tags: broadly
transitive
glosses: To unsling (something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap); to bring (something carried) into the hands for use.
tags: broadly
transitive
glosses: To stretch (limbs, muscles, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time).
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: unlimbers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: unlimbering
tags: participle
present
form: unlimbered
tags: participle
past
form: unlimbered
tags: past