limber-box

(lim’bér-boks), n. Same as limber- chest. limber-chain (lim’bér-chan),. 1. In artillery, a keep-chain which goes round the pintle and confines the trail to the limber, preventing its flying off the limber-hook. Farrow, Mil. Encye. —2,. Naut., a chain lying in the limber-holes of fone so as to be drawn to and fro to clear the oles. limber-chest (lim’bér-chest), ». In artillery, the box for ammunition placed on the limber of a field-piece. Sometimes called limber-box. Some of [the Confederates], springing nimbly on his limber-chests, shot down his horses and then his men. The Century, XXXVI. 103.