Definitions for: Clamber


[n] an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber"
[v] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling



Webster (1913) Definition: Clam"ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clambered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Clambering.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap
together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern.
Cf. Clamp, Climb.]
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also
used figuratively.

The narrow street that clambered toward the mill.
--Tennyson.


Clam"ber, n.
The act of clambering. --T. Moore.


Clam"ber, v. t.
To ascend by climbing with difficulty.

Clambering the walls to eye him. --Shak.

Synonyms: scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

See Also: climb, climb, mount

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