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Walkover vs Limber - What's the difference?

walkover | limber |

As nouns the difference between walkover and limber

is that walkover is an easy victory; a walkaway while limber is (obsolete) a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to pull an artillery piece into battle.

As an adjective limber is

flexible, pliant, bendable.

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).

walkover

English

Noun

(wikipedia walkover)
  • An easy victory; a walkaway.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/15/england-poland-world-cup-qualifier]
    • Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.
  • (tennis) A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
  • A horse race with only one entrant.
  • Someone easy to defeat.
  • (gymnastics) A backbend combined with a handstand.
  • A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
    • The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.
    It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.

    Synonyms

    * (a walkaway) * (bye or victory due to default of opponent)

    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: