unlimberadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlɪmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, limber adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + limber adj.

rare.

Not limber; inflexible.figurative in quot. a1639.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 364 To which temper more septentrionall unlimber Nations have not yet bent themselves.

1737 J. Williams & L. Evans Roderick's Eng. & Welch Dict. Unlimber, see Rigid.

1972 Hudson Rev. 32 489 Tumbling on icy grass, Trying to twist our unlimber necks Like winter sparrows.

2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Performing Arts/Weekend Desk section) 21 Once you lower yourself into the all-leather cockpit.., a bit of a feat if you're tall and unlimber, like me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unlimberv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlɪmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², limber n.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix² + limber n.¹ Compare later limber v.²

a. intransitive and transitive. Military. Originally: to prepare an artillery piece for firing by detaching and withdrawing the limber (limber n.¹ 2); (later) to unhitch an artillery piece from a vehicle, in order to prepare for firing.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount on carriage > dismount or unlimber

dismount1544

demount1577

unstock1598

unbrack1611

unlimber1760

1760 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 19 Apr. They unlimbered, loaded their guns, and fired on the enemy's cavalry.

1768 J. Muller Artillery Dict. 18 in App. Treat. Artillery Limber, a two-wheel carriage..taken off on the battery, or in the park of artillery, which is called unlimbering the guns.

1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. xi. 540 Four of the field-pieces were brought near enough to fire upon their line of march, when they very imprudently unlimbered their guns to return this fire.

1839 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. 93 Square can only be formed when..both guns and waggons are unlimbered.

1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics xi. 136 A H. A. battery..unlimbered and came into action.

1879 C. R. Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott ii. 146 Abbott..unlimbered the 24-pounder howitzer.

1909 Indiana Q. Mag. Hist. 5 92 His artillery would..get to the place appointed, unlimber, fire a half hour, when everybody would come to see the cannon.

1939 Times 3 Apr. 11/1 The 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, R. A., gave dashing exhibitions with a two-pounder anti-tank gun, unlimbering the gun from behind their lorry and coming into action in a matter of seconds.

2013 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 106 429 The gunners unlimbered and commenced close range fire.

b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate artillery [verb (intransitive)] > attach parts of gun to carriage > detach limber

unlimber1851

1851 U.S. Law Mag. Feb. 273 He..unlimbers the law, and no position or covert escapes the range of his practiced eye.

1864 G. O. Trevelyan Lett. from Competition Wallah ix, in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 300/1 Then are the ‘English name’, and the ‘development of the resources of India’, unlimbered, and trundled out to over-awe the..magistrates.

1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 389/1 After the salesman gets the attention of the Prospect, he is ready to unlimber all of his psychological artillery.

1942 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 22 Apr. 6/3 South Atlantic League sluggers unlimbered heavy artillery last night as the loop's infant season moved through second round openers amidst a barrage of 77 basehits.

2001 C. B. Dew Apostles of Disuniuon ii. 25 It was here..that the commissioners first unlimbered their rhetorical artillery.

2. transitive. To unhitch (a trailer, caravan, etc.); (also more generally) to detach, remove. Chiefly North American in later use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > detach front wheels

unlimber1835

1835 G. R. Gleig Chron. Waltham II. ix. 22 A loud shout hailed the arrival of the machine [sc. a fire engine], which was soon unlimbered and at work.

1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) iii. 92 To launch the bateau, the carriage is placed with the pole towards the river, and unlimbered: by this means an inclined plane is formed.

1922 Outers' Recreation Mar. 196/1 When the car is unlimbered, four telescopic legs drop down, giving 6 inches of movement for adjustments to uneven ground.

1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 644/1 The donkeyman unlimbered the fiddley-grating covers, and I discovered on the upper bilge keelson a roll of canvas covers for the skylights.

1970 Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.) 22 Jan. 11/8 He just stopped his truck, unlimbered his rig, and gently using the timber claws lifted the jeep and trailer out of his way.

2005 New Yorker (Nexis) 12 Sept. 37 The deputies unlimbered the boats.

3. transitive. Chiefly North American. To ready (any gun or weapon) for action; to bring (a weapon) into operation; to commence (an attack).

ΚΠ

1867 S. Seymour Incidents Trip through Great Platte Valley v. 44 The General, from his long practice, was able to unlimber his carbine and bring it to bear before I was quite prepared.

1884 Life 19 June 351/2 Sammy sat on the door-sill wagging his horns at the officer until ‘the limb of the law’ unlimbered his revolver and discharged seven half-ounce bullets into his body.

1908 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 19 May 6/6 The man had terrorized the occupants of the house by unlimbering a big Colts revolver and taking target practice in the house.

1948 Hagerstown (Maryland) Mail 18 Feb. 1/2 He saw Bryarly unlimbering a shotgun.

1953 Cumberland (Maryland) News 17 Apr. 2/1 The Chinese began unlimbering a mortar and artillery barrage.

2001 M. Wynne No Other Option 82 Demos unlimbered his shotgun as he went out the door.., racking the slide of the Remington Police 870.

4. intransitive and transitive. Chiefly North American. More generally: to unpack or prepare anything for use or action; to get ready. Also: to bring into operation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use

yarkenc1275

dighta1325

framea1325

stightlea1375

rena1425

unlimber1867

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > unpack

unpack1434

unbundle1606

unbag1611

unbudget1611

unballa1694

unwalleta1739

unlimber1867

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use

travaila1382

to bring inc1384

employ1429

inveigh1547

innovate1548

to put into (also in) practice1553

to lay to1560

induct1615

produce1697

take1732

unlimber1867

phase1949

1867 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Feb. 61 The next point that tempted them to unlimber was the Plaza San Francisco, a thoroughly characteristic Spanish town-scape.

1882 B. Nye Forty Liars & other Lies 95 The main guy of The Boomerang sanctum was..unlimbering his genius.

1904 Atlanta Constit. 24 Apr. 7/6 As soon as he gets there and unlimbers his typewriter, there will be plenty doing.

1940 Amer. Boy Feb. 3/2 Hockey was in the air, in the bright cold sunlight, the whirling pattern of green and gray jersies, and even the red-brick of the old gym. He unlimbered with a dash around the boarded rink.

1999 R. J. Gennaro & C. Huenemann New Ess. Rationalists i. vi. 135 More than twenty years later.., [Leibniz] unlimbers precisely that defense to meet a challenge by John Bernoulli.

2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People viii. 182 He rubbed his hands on the seat of his cargo pocket pants to clear them of sap before he unlimbered the binoculars.

Derivatives

unˈlimbering n.

ΚΠ

1760 Trial G. Sackville 113 How long was it, after you got upon the heath, before you opened the first English battery? How long did you take in unlimbering and repairing?

1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 177 Unlimbering, or Coming into Action.

1886 Jrnl. Mil. Service Inst. U.S. 7 417 Unlimbering and limbering is accomplished by the removal or insertion of a pin.

1904 Provisional Instr. Maneuvers (U.S. War Dept.) in Rep. Adjutant-Gen. State Mich. 1906–8 (1909) 248 Artillery which has the range can endanger the unlimbering of hostile artillery within 3,500 yards.

1971 P. Stuart Edward Gibbon Wakefield in New Zealand viii. 103 The gradual unlimbering of the provincial machinery of government throughout New Zealand provided Wakefield with a new opportunity.

2015 D. L. Shultz & S. L. Mingus Second Day at Gettysburg xii. 242 The heavy enemy traffic and the unlimbering of fresh batteries in the distant west.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unlimber
释义	unlimberadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪmbə/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, limber adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + limber adj. rare. Not limber; inflexible.figurative in quot. a1639. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 364 To which temper more septentrionall unlimber Nations have not yet bent themselves. 1737 J. Williams & L. Evans Roderick's Eng. & Welch Dict. Unlimber, see Rigid. 1972 Hudson Rev. 32 489 Tumbling on icy grass, Trying to twist our unlimber necks Like winter sparrows. 2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Performing Arts/Weekend Desk section) 21 Once you lower yourself into the all-leather cockpit.., a bit of a feat if you're tall and unlimber, like me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unlimberv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪmbə/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², limber n.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix² + limber n.¹ Compare later limber v.² 1. a. intransitive and transitive. Military. Originally: to prepare an artillery piece for firing by detaching and withdrawing the limber (limber n.¹ 2); (later) to unhitch an artillery piece from a vehicle, in order to prepare for firing. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount on carriage > dismount or unlimber dismount1544 demount1577 unstock1598 unbrack1611 unlimber1760 1760 Read's Weekly Jrnl. 19 Apr. They unlimbered, loaded their guns, and fired on the enemy's cavalry. 1768 J. Muller Artillery Dict. 18 in App. Treat. Artillery Limber, a two-wheel carriage..taken off on the battery, or in the park of artillery, which is called unlimbering the guns. 1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. xi. 540 Four of the field-pieces were brought near enough to fire upon their line of march, when they very imprudently unlimbered their guns to return this fire. 1839 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. 93 Square can only be formed when..both guns and waggons are unlimbered. 1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics xi. 136 A H. A. battery..unlimbered and came into action. 1879 C. R. Low Jrnl. Gen. Abbott ii. 146 Abbott..unlimbered the 24-pounder howitzer. 1909 Indiana Q. Mag. Hist. 5 92 His artillery would..get to the place appointed, unlimber, fire a half hour, when everybody would come to see the cannon. 1939 Times 3 Apr. 11/1 The 52nd Anti-Tank Regiment, R. A., gave dashing exhibitions with a two-pounder anti-tank gun, unlimbering the gun from behind their lorry and coming into action in a matter of seconds. 2013 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 106 429 The gunners unlimbered and commenced close range fire. b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate artillery [verb (intransitive)] > attach parts of gun to carriage > detach limber unlimber1851 1851 U.S. Law Mag. Feb. 273 He..unlimbers the law, and no position or covert escapes the range of his practiced eye. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Lett. from Competition Wallah ix, in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 300/1 Then are the ‘English name’, and the ‘development of the resources of India’, unlimbered, and trundled out to over-awe the..magistrates. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 389/1 After the salesman gets the attention of the Prospect, he is ready to unlimber all of his psychological artillery. 1942 Thomasville (Georgia) Times-Enterprise 22 Apr. 6/3 South Atlantic League sluggers unlimbered heavy artillery last night as the loop's infant season moved through second round openers amidst a barrage of 77 basehits. 2001 C. B. Dew Apostles of Disuniuon ii. 25 It was here..that the commissioners first unlimbered their rhetorical artillery. 2. transitive. To unhitch (a trailer, caravan, etc.); (also more generally) to detach, remove. Chiefly North American in later use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > detach front wheels unlimber1835 1835 G. R. Gleig Chron. Waltham II. ix. 22 A loud shout hailed the arrival of the machine [sc. a fire engine], which was soon unlimbered and at work. 1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) iii. 92 To launch the bateau, the carriage is placed with the pole towards the river, and unlimbered: by this means an inclined plane is formed. 1922 Outers' Recreation Mar. 196/1 When the car is unlimbered, four telescopic legs drop down, giving 6 inches of movement for adjustments to uneven ground. 1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 644/1 The donkeyman unlimbered the fiddley-grating covers, and I discovered on the upper bilge keelson a roll of canvas covers for the skylights. 1970 Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.) 22 Jan. 11/8 He just stopped his truck, unlimbered his rig, and gently using the timber claws lifted the jeep and trailer out of his way. 2005 New Yorker (Nexis) 12 Sept. 37 The deputies unlimbered the boats. 3. transitive. Chiefly North American. To ready (any gun or weapon) for action; to bring (a weapon) into operation; to commence (an attack). ΚΠ 1867 S. Seymour Incidents Trip through Great Platte Valley v. 44 The General, from his long practice, was able to unlimber his carbine and bring it to bear before I was quite prepared. 1884 Life 19 June 351/2 Sammy sat on the door-sill wagging his horns at the officer until ‘the limb of the law’ unlimbered his revolver and discharged seven half-ounce bullets into his body. 1908 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 19 May 6/6 The man had terrorized the occupants of the house by unlimbering a big Colts revolver and taking target practice in the house. 1948 Hagerstown (Maryland) Mail 18 Feb. 1/2 He saw Bryarly unlimbering a shotgun. 1953 Cumberland (Maryland) News 17 Apr. 2/1 The Chinese began unlimbering a mortar and artillery barrage. 2001 M. Wynne No Other Option 82 Demos unlimbered his shotgun as he went out the door.., racking the slide of the Remington Police 870. 4. intransitive and transitive. Chiefly North American. More generally: to unpack or prepare anything for use or action; to get ready. Also: to bring into operation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use yarkenc1275 dighta1325 framea1325 stightlea1375 rena1425 unlimber1867 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > unpack unpack1434 unbundle1606 unbag1611 unbudget1611 unballa1694 unwalleta1739 unlimber1867 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > bring or put into use travaila1382 to bring inc1384 employ1429 inveigh1547 innovate1548 to put into (also in) practice1553 to lay to1560 induct1615 produce1697 take1732 unlimber1867 phase1949 1867 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Feb. 61 The next point that tempted them to unlimber was the Plaza San Francisco, a thoroughly characteristic Spanish town-scape. 1882 B. Nye Forty Liars & other Lies 95 The main guy of The Boomerang sanctum was..unlimbering his genius. 1904 Atlanta Constit. 24 Apr. 7/6 As soon as he gets there and unlimbers his typewriter, there will be plenty doing. 1940 Amer. Boy Feb. 3/2 Hockey was in the air, in the bright cold sunlight, the whirling pattern of green and gray jersies, and even the red-brick of the old gym. He unlimbered with a dash around the boarded rink. 1999 R. J. Gennaro & C. Huenemann New Ess. Rationalists i. vi. 135 More than twenty years later.., [Leibniz] unlimbers precisely that defense to meet a challenge by John Bernoulli. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People viii. 182 He rubbed his hands on the seat of his cargo pocket pants to clear them of sap before he unlimbered the binoculars. Derivatives unˈlimbering n. ΚΠ 1760 Trial G. Sackville 113 How long was it, after you got upon the heath, before you opened the first English battery? How long did you take in unlimbering and repairing? 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 177 Unlimbering, or Coming into Action. 1886 Jrnl. Mil. Service Inst. U.S. 7 417 Unlimbering and limbering is accomplished by the removal or insertion of a pin. 1904 Provisional Instr. Maneuvers (U.S. War Dept.) in Rep. Adjutant-Gen. State Mich. 1906–8 (1909) 248 Artillery which has the range can endanger the unlimbering of hostile artillery within 3,500 yards. 1971 P. Stuart Edward Gibbon Wakefield in New Zealand viii. 103 The gradual unlimbering of the provincial machinery of government throughout New Zealand provided Wakefield with a new opportunity. 2015 D. L. Shultz & S. L. Mingus Second Day at Gettysburg xii. 242 The heavy enemy traffic and the unlimbering of fresh batteries in the distant west. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1639v.1760
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