limb

Noun

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
  • the arm of the record player
    
  • an arm of the sea
    
  • a branch of the sewer
    

• the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles
  • the limb of the sextant
    

• either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip
  • the upper limb of the bow
    

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

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  arm , branch , tree branch