unlimber

Verb

Verb Forms: unlimbered, unlimbering, unlimbers

• To prepare something, especially equipment, for use or action.
• To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.
• To clumsily put into employ (a large weapon or object).
• To unsling (something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap); to bring (something carried) into the hands for use.
• To stretch (limbs, muscles, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time).

Adj

• Not limber; lacking flexibility.

Examples

• He took a moment to unlimber his mental dictionary before his turn in Scrabble.

Antonyms

limber