The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
clambered — clam·ber || klæmbÉ™ n. difficult climb or ascent v. climb with hands and feet, scramble, scale … English contemporary dictionary
clamber — UK [ˈklæmbə(r)] / US [ˈklæmbər] verb [intransitive] Word forms clamber : present tense I/you/we/they clamber he/she/it clambers present participle clambering past tense clambered past participle clambered to climb something with difficulty, using … English dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clambering — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clamber — intransitive verb (clambered; clambering) Etymology: Middle English clambren; akin to Old English climban to climb Date: 14th century to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling) < clambered over the rocks > • clamberer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rorke's Drift — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Rorke s Drift partof=the Anglo Zulu War caption= date=22 January ndash; 23 January 1879 place=Rorke s Drift, South Africa result=British victory combatant1= combatant2=Zulu Kingdom commander1=John… … Wikipedia
Battle of Rorke's Drift — Part of the Anglo Zulu War The Defence of Rorke s Drift, by Alphonse de Neuville (1882) … Wikipedia
clamber — clam|ber [ˈklæmbə US ər] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from clamb, old past tense of climb] to climb or move slowly somewhere, using your hands and feet because it is difficult or steep clamber over/across… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clamber — [[t]klæ̱mbə(r)[/t]] clambers, clambering, clambered VERB If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet. [V prep/adv] They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove … English dictionary
Mount Everest — Everest redirects here. For other uses, see Everest (disambiguation). Mount Everest (Qomolongma / Sagarmatha) Highest Mountain in the World … Wikipedia
