Unlimbering

Word UNLIMBERING
Character 11
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Definitions and meanings of "Unlimbering"

What do we mean by unlimbering?

To deploy an artillery piece for firing (ie, to detach it from its limber).

(by extension) To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.

To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use.

To stretch muscles, limbs, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time.

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The word "unlimbering" in example sentences

"Now, that's vexing," says Moran, laying down his rifle and unlimbering his Remington again. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“I think I have something in my pack to help,” said Kranxx, unlimbering his satchel. ❋ Matt Forbeck (2010)

So we have to start unlimbering the adjectives and explanations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As he ascended, Buncan was once again unlimbering the duar. ❋ Sugu Althomsons (2010)

They had guns on the Causeway, too, pointing north; as I watched I saw the nearest team of them unlimbering just beside the spot where the Heavies 'charge had ended. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

The formations were closer now, and not all of them were retreating: we passed artillery teams who were unlimbering and siting their guns, and regiments of infantry waiting in the humid heat, their faces turned towards the distant hills, their 'mks stretched out in good order across the plain. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Food and drink: He had a hydro-pack on his back, a water bladder slung flat against his spine and sustained by shoulder straps, with a tube that curled around his neck, so he could hydrate anytime he needed to without the excess motion of unlimbering, then unscrewing a canteen, then reversing the motion. ❋ Stephen Hunter (2009)

Well it's certainly that time of year when primary candidates traditionally pull the tarps off their advertising budgets and start unlimbering their biggest guns. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Huckabee of Arkansas has the real leaders of the GOP, conservative billionaires, unlimbering their heavy guns. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He found a good camp but did not wait to set up before unlimbering his drum, checking the bindings of the wildboar hide, and rolling out the quick beat of "Attention." ❋ McCaffrey, Anne (2006)

As you slink to within rock-throwing distance of a black bear the size of a golf cart, the sound of salmon bones crunching between its teeth, you may waver between unlimbering your gun or hauling ass. ❋ Unknown (2003)

On the other side of the rise, Riddick finished the last of the nuts, cast a thoughtful glance in the direc'tion of the rising sun, matched the number of shots fired to the number of seconds expired, and finally turned, unlimbering his own weapons as he did so. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (2004)

"The mark not necessarily of homesickness, " Sque piped up, unlimbering a sufficiency of appendages to emphasize her words, -but of necessity. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean (2004)

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