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Climber vs Limber - What's the difference?

climber | limber |

In obsolete terms the difference between climber and limber

is that climber is to climb; to mount with effort; to clamber while limber is to prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber..

As an adjective limber is

flexible, pliant, bendable.

climber

English

Etymology 1

(climb)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who climbs.
  • A plant that climbs, such as a vine.
  • A bird that climbs, such as a woodpecker or a parrot.
    • Derived terms
    * social climber

    Etymology 2

    From climb; compare clamber.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.
    • (Tusser)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * * English agent nouns

    limber

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Flexible, pliant, bendable.
    • He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
  • * Turberville
    • The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.
    Derived terms
    * limber up

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
  • * (Richardson)

    • Etymology 2

    For the obsolete (limmer), from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.
  • (in the plural) The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
  • (military) 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.
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), 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.
  • (nautical, in the plural) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to allow water to pass to the pump well.
    • Usage notes
    * Sometimes the plural limbers was used to refer to a single such vehicle.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
    • Antonyms
    * unlimber

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Notes: