clamber Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an awkward climb
    • reaching the crest was a real clamber
  2. verb climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
    shin; shinny; skin; sputter; scramble; struggle.

WordNet

Clam"ber intransitive verb
Etymology
OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. Clamp, Climb.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Clambered ; present participle & verbal noun Clambering
Definitions
  1. To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
    The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.
Clam"ber noun
Definitions
  1. The act of clambering. T. Moore.
Clam"ber transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
    Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak.

Webster 1913