Usually means: Detach artillery from its carriage.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word unlimber:

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  1. unlimber: Merriam-Webster
  2. unlimber: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. unlimber: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. unlimber: Collins English Dictionary
  5. unlimber: Wordnik
  6. unlimber: Wiktionary
  7. unlimber: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. unlimber: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. unlimber: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. unlimber: Dictionary.com
  11. unlimber: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Unlimber: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. unlimber: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Unlimber: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. unlimber: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. unlimber: FreeDictionary.org
  17. unlimber: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. unlimber: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (unlimber)

verb:  (obsolete) To deploy an artillery piece for firing (i.e. to detach it from its limber).
verb:  (by extension) To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.
verb:  To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use.
verb:  To stretch muscles, limbs, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time.
adjective:  Not limber; lacking flexibility.

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