Limber vs Undefined - What's the difference?
limber | undefined |
Flexible, pliant, bendable.
* Turberville
(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.
(obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As adjectives the difference between limber and undefined
is that limber is flexible, pliant, bendable while undefined is lacking a definition or value.As a verb limber
is to cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant or limber can be (obsolete) to prepare an artillery piece for transportation (ie, to attach it to its limber).As a noun limber
is (obsolete) a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.limber
English
Etymology 1
(en)Adjective
(en adjective)- He's so limber that he can kiss his knee without bending it.
- The bargeman that doth row with long and limber oar.
Derived terms
* limber upEtymology 2
For the obsolete (limmer), from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Sometimes the plural limbers was used to refer to a single such vehicle.Verb
(en verb)Antonyms
* unlimberReferences
* Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. * Notes:undefined
English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .
