clamber

[Clam·ber]

To clamber is to climb awkwardly. Hamlet's Ophelia was said to have been clambering on a weak branch of a willow when she met her "muddy death." It's never a good idea to clamber, let alone on weak willow branches.

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To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.

Noun
an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber"

Verb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling


v. i.
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.

n.
The act of clambering.

v. t.
To ascend by climbing with difficulty.


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.

Clamber

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

Clamber

Clam"ber, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Clambering the walls to eye him.

To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.

The act of clambering.

To ascend by climbing with difficulty.

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