clumb

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English clumben, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English clumbon (“climbed”), plural past tense of climban (“to climb”). More at climb, clomb.

Verb

clumb

1. (dialect) simple past and past participle of climb.
   • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII

     It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I clumb in and paddled her ashore.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English clumben, yclumben, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ġeclumben (“climbed”), past participle of climban (“to climb”).

Verb

clumb

1. alternative past participle of climb.