CLAMBER

clamber

(noun) an awkward climb; “reaching the crest was a real clamber”

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

clamber (third-person singular simple present clambers, present participle clambering, simple past and past participle clambered)

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

Noun

clamber (plural clambers)

The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.

Anagrams

• cambrel

Source: Wiktionary


Clam"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clambered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clambering.] Etym: [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. Clamp, Climb.]

Definition: To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.

Clam"ber, n.

Definition: The act of clambering. T. Moore.

Clam"ber, v. t.

Definition: To ascend by climbing with difficulty. Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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