See unlimber in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"To deploy an artillery piece for firing (i.e. to detach it from its limber)."
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"(obsolete) To deploy an artillery piece for firing (i.e. to detach it from its limber)."
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"(by extension) To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object."
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"To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use."
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