Wait till he gets limbered up," cried Frank Hansard across to her.
The guns limbered up, leaving the shattered wreck of the waggon behind, and the trains commenced to move back slowly, keeping pace with the cavalry and artillery.
Then they limbered up and were ordered across to our right; a low but steep little embankment of the narrow-gauge railway was in front of them.
The vultures had gathered as usual at the sound of their dinner-gong, but there was no fight, and soon the guns limbered up, and turned back across the plain.
Two teams dashed forward amidst a terrible rifle and shrapnel fire, and limbered up two of the guns.
The British horsemen were loosed at them: some of the guns limbered up and dashed off into safety; those that remained were captured and their gunners were sabred.
A panic ensued amongst his escort, who retired, leaving the guns limbered and useless to Hills.
An instant later, the whole body followed their brave and impetuous leader, and pressing up the hill reached the battery only in time to see the last gunlimbered up.
Professor Beck, Don, and two Hillton coaches were waiting, and Don helped him off with his coat, and trotted along beside him while he limbered up.
Meanwhile the field batteries which had been in position farthest in the rear, and so were already out of range, limbered up and dashed into action in front of our Brigade.
By this time the batteries have all limbered up and advanced to new positions, mostly out in the open, and an order comes over the telephone from the B.
On one occasion, the whole Brigade, immediately at the close of executing a creeping barrage, limbered up, and topping the crest in front came face to face with the enemy, and dropped into action alongside our advancing infantry.
Once the big gun was out of danger, the others limbered up and followed, their rear still covered by the staunch mounted infantry, with whom rest all the honours of the battle.
On the other were the eighteen motionless guns, limbered up and ready, the horses fidgeting and stamping in the raw morning air.
Tongues limbered up immediately at this, for each boy had a grievance.
Illustration: "Uncle Jethro limbered his stiffened knees and went chuckling down the bank.
But after a few rounds theylimbered up and scampered away.
Awed by the mass of advancing men, the big Russian battery, which had done such damage in our ranks, suddenly limbered up and retired over the hill--a disgraceful retreat which proved disastrous to the enemy.
While thus absent, Captain Bridges, concluding that the Confederate guns were too heavy for him, limbered up and fell back.
The rebels replied with shot and shell very vigorously, and for half an hour the fight was very interesting; at the end of that time, however, their batteries limbered up and left on the double quick.
Across the fields Stephen saw guns being limbered up; and drivers lashing their horses to a gallop across a bridge.
We'll give it to 'em hard at the start, before they get limbered up.
See Tom and Bob take it easy till they get limbered up.
He did the best he could, and if his gait was uncertain, the outdoor chums knew that he would walk better after he had become limbered up.
After we've jumped around a while, we'll get limbered up.
A few shells exchanged places, and then the battery limbered up and trekked on quietly to the drift.
As they limbered up one of the six-pounders was overturned.
The batterieslimbered up and galloped past the infantry.
At daylight the camps had disappeared from the fields, the batteries were limbered up, long lines of baggage wagons stood where the camps had been, and dark columns of infantry completed the scene.
The disappointed enemy limbered up, slipped into the woods and departed.
All the 12-pounders except two were in the first instance sent up without limbers, and therefore had to be limbered up to wagons.
Struck tents and limbered up ready to march at 6 a.
So Tuttle was sent into right, while Grant limbered up his arm a bit by throwing a few to Sile Crane.
Springer had limbered up, with Stone catching him, in the first of the seventh while Oakdale was at bat, and now Eliot stepped upon the plate, giving a signal which meant that Roy was to retire and Phil was to take his place.
So orders were given, guns were limbered up again, and away we went at a gallop in full pursuit.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "limbered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
