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Limbers

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Noun

1. limbers

a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Limbers

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plural noun
nautical
(in the bilge of a vessel) a fore-and-aft channel through a series of holes in the frames (limber holes) where water collects and can be pumped out

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Limbers

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plural noun
Nautical
holes in the lower part of a vessel's frames to allow bilge water to drain to the pump

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Limbers

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pl.n.
Gutters or channels on each side of a ship's keelson that drain bilge water into the pump well.

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