clamber : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clamber	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for clamber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamber n an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" v climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamber \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamber \Clam"ber\, n. The act of clambering. --T. Moore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty. Clambering the walls to eye him. --Shak.