unlimber
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To unsling (something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap); to bring (something carried) into the hands for use.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The gun he drove had been unlimbered near Horsell, in order to command the sand-pits, and its arrival had precipitated the action."
- ""I fancy," said Psmith, "that this is one of those moments when it is necessary for me to unlimber my Sherlock Holmes system. […] Do you follow me, Comrade Maloney?" / "That's right," said Billy Windsor. "Of course." / "Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary," murmured Psmith."
- "Bony jumped down and unlimbered his cramped muscles before going after his camels."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English limber English unlimber From un- + limber.
Usage
Inflected Forms
unlimbers (present, singular)
unlimbering (participle, present)
unlimbered (participle, past)
unlimbered (past)
more unlimber (comparative)
most unlimber (superlative)