clamberingn.
/ˈklambərɪŋ/ The action of clamber v.2
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling > clambering
clamberingc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clamerynge or clymynge, repcio.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Aggrappamento..a clammering.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 336 Though it be hard clambring thither, and hard holding there.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §23. 163 I had two hours' clambering over the mountains before breakfast.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
clamberingadj.
/ˈklambərɪŋ/ That clambers, in various senses of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > climbing > clambering
clambering1685
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable
higheOE
steepOE
heaven-highOE
highlyOE
brentc1400
hightc1480
hichty1513
procere1542
tall1548
spiringa1552
towereda1552
tower-like1552
upstretched1563
airy1565
excelse1569
haughty1570
topless1589
lofty1590
procerous1599
kiss-sky1603
skyish1604
topful?1611
aspiringc1620
sky-high1622
hiddy1632
tiptoed1632
sublime1635
towering1638
soaring1687
mountain high1693
clamberinga1717
skied1730
towery1731
pyramidic1740
skyey1750
skyward1792
skyscraping1797
exulting1798
high-reaching1827
steepling1892
high-rise1964
hi1972
the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping
running1548
spreading1560
flat1578
ramping1578
wandering1590
upcreeping1611
gadding1638
rambling1653
obsequious1657
reptant1657
scansive1657
scansory1657
procumbent1668
repent1669
scandenta1682
supine1686
scrambling1688
creeping1697
sarmentous1721
reptile1727
sarmentose1760
prostrate1773
trailing1785
decumbent1789
travelling1822
vagrant1827
sarmentaceous1830
humifuse1854
sarmentiferous1858
amphibryous1866
humistratous1880
climbing1882
clambering1883
c1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1721 As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes.
1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 93 The clambring nature of the Goat.
a1717 T. Parnell Gift of Poetry (R.) No clambering mountains make my lover stay.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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