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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:lim·ber
PRONUNCIATION:  lmbr
NOUN: A two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used to tow a field gun or a caisson.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration of Middle English limour, shaft of a cart, perhaps from limon, from Old French.
 
 
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