clamber (klamber)

[Formerly also clam mer (E. dial. clammas ), Lord, who shall ascend to thy tabernacle, and dwell in thy holy hill? David does not mean that there is no po ibility of ascending thither, or dwelling there, though it be hard clambering thither, and hard holding there. Donne , Sermons, x. We clambered over the broken stones cumbering the entrance. B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 50. I turned and clambered up The rivulet's murmuring path. Bryant , Sella. II. trans. To ascend by climbing; climb with difficulty. [Now rare.] Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak ., Cor., ii. 1.