unlimber
verb
Definitions
To deploy an artillery piece for firing (ie, to detach it from its limber).
(by extension) To clumsily put into employ a large weapon or object.
To unsling something, as a backpack, carried on the body with a strap; to bring something carried into the hands for use.
To stretch muscles, limbs, etc., that have been cramped or unused for some time.
adjective
Definitions
Not limber; lacking flexibility.