overclimb, v.
(-ˈklaɪm)
[over- 5.]
trans. To climb over; to get over by climbing, surmount.
c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. ix. §14 Alexander..hrædlice þone weall self oferclom. a 1547 Surrey æneid ii. (1557) B j b, This fatall gin thus ouerclambe our walles, Stuft with armd men. 1607 Lingua i. v, The..childhood of the cheerful morn Is almost grown a youth, and overclimbs Yonder gilt eastern hills. 1882 ‘Ouida’ Bimbi v. 149 A loggia..all overclimbed by hardy rose-trees. |