unlimbered
Prepared for action
Unlimbered is the past tense of unlimber, which originally meant to detach a gun or cannon from its limber—the two-wheeled cart used to transport artillery—preparing it for action.
The word now applies broadly to any readying or loosening up: He unlimbered his pitching arm before the game.
She unlimbered her arguments for the debate.
Location or stance
- advanceMove or progress forward
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- engageActively participate or connect
- tacticalStrategically planned
offensive · operation · battle · combat · action · ready · mobile · field
Large mounted gun
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- fieldpieceMobile military cannon
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
battery · carriage · ordnance · gunnery · gunner · artillerist · position · emplacement
position
Location or stance
- advanceMove or progress forward
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
- engageActively participate or connect
tactical · offensive · operation · battle · combat · action · ready · mobile · field · front
cannon
Large mounted gun
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- gunProjectile-launching weapon
- fieldpieceMobile military cannon
mortar · battery · carriage · ordnance · gunnery · gunner · artillerist · position · emplacement · firing
stretched
Pulled to lengthen
supple · agile · loose · softened · mobile · freed · extended · unknotted · uncramped
unlimberedlimbered
Made supple, flexible
stowed · packed · secured · undeployed · stored
unlimberedlimbered
Made supple, flexible
hitched · towed · on the move · mobile · in transit