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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In artillery, a keep-chain which goes round the pintle and confines the trail to the limber, preventing its flying off the limber-hook.
  • noun Nautical, a chain lying in the limber-holes of a ship so as to be drawn to and fro to clear the holes.

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