One or two of the limbers were similarly withdrawn by hand, but the work was most severe and the distance considerable.
Limber is a sixteenth-century word used in the dialectical sense to refer to a cart shaft, alluding to its to and fro motion.
With a full ammunition chest in place, the limber was ready to move forward and supply the piece.
In the latter case, a 400-kg limber was used.
The empty ammunition chest was removed, and then the middle chest on the caisson was moved forward onto the limber.
Siege-artillery limbers resembled their predecessors: they were two-wheeled carts with a pintle, now somewhat behind the axle.
Moose are very limber animals with highly flexible joints and sharp, pointed hooves, and are capable of kicking with both front and back legs.
No other person was present when the accident occurred, but it appears probable that the boy overbalanced himself while riding on the limbers and fell in front of the tubs.
