▪ I. clambering, vbl. n.
(ˈklæmbərɪŋ)
The action of the vb. clamber.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 79 Clamerynge or clymynge, repcio. 1611 Florio, Aggrappamento..a clammering. a 1631 Donne Serm. xii. 117 Though it be hard clambering thither and hard holding there. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. §23. 163, I had two hours' clambering over the mountains before breakfast. |
▪ II. clambering, ppl. a.
(ˈklæmbərɪŋ)
That clambers, in various senses of vbs.
| c 1340 [see clamber v.1]. 1685 H. More Illust. 93 The clambring nature of the Goat. a 1717 Parnell Gift Poetry (R.), No clambering mountains make my lover stay. a 1763 Shenstone Wks. (1764) I. 78 View the clamb'ring goats ascend. 1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 31 Aug. 129/1 The most clambering species of pea-flowers. |