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Limber vs Galloper - What's the difference?

limber | galloper |

In military terms the difference between limber and galloper

is that limber is 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 while galloper is a carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.

As nouns the difference between limber and galloper

is that limber is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle while galloper is one who gallops.

As an adjective limber

is flexible, pliant, bendable.

As a verb limber

is to cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

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:

    galloper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gallops.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, The Drums of the Fore and Aft
    • The lancers chafing in the right gorge had thrice dispatched their only subaltern as galloper to report on the progress of affairs.
  • A racehorse.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Rod Nicholson, Get ready for Hussler v Cat, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=The Hussler's trainer, Ross McDonald, is confident Australia's champion galloper will win the clashes, despite Weekend Hussler never having competed over 1000m before. }}
  • A carousel.
  • (military) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
    • (Farrow)