unlimber

1. (obsolete) To detach (an artillery piece) from its limber to deploy for firing.Examples: "The gun he drove had been unlimbered near Horsell, in order to command the sand-pits, and its arrival had precipitated the action."obsoletetransitive

2. (by extension)broadlytransitive

3. (by extension)broadlytransitive

4. (figurative) To stretch (limbs, muscles, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time).Examples: ""I fancy," said Psmith, "that this is one of those moments when it is necessary for me to unlimber my Sherlock Holmes system. […] Do you follow me, Comrade Maloney?" / "That's right," said Billy Windsor. "Of course." / "Elementary, my dear Watson, elementary," murmured Psmith."; "Bony jumped down and unlimbered his cramped muscles before going after his camels."figurativelytransitive