Read full poem →(Silent cannons, soon to cease your silence,
Soon unlimber'd to begin the red business;)
All the mutter of preparation, all the determin'd arming,
Dictionary Entry
To deploy an artillery piece for firing (ie, to detach it from its limber).
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Poetry examples for “unlimber”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The guns bright as gold, the work for giants, to serve well the guns,
Unlimber them! (no more as the past forty years for salutes for
courtesies merely,