limbing

A form of limb.

1. noun

   one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm, leg, wing, flipper

2. noun

   any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

3. noun

   (astronomy) the circumferential edge of the apparent disc of the sun or the moon or a planet

4. noun

   either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip

   the upper limb of the bow

5. noun

   the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles

   the limb of the sextant