belimb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut off a limb or limbs; dismember; mutilate; disfigure.

Word forms

belimb belimbs belimbing belimbed belim

Etymology

From Middle English belimien (“to dismember”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + limb.

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