[f. Clumber in Nottinghamshire, a seat of the Duke of Newcastle.] Name of a breed of spaniels.
1865. Pall Mall Gaz., 2 Oct., 11. Sport … with a couple of stanch clumbers, on a fine sunny First of October.
1883. Miss Braddon, Gold. Calf, III. ii. 32. To Brian Walford Wendover, Sir Reginald bequeathed only his favourite hunter, a leash of clumber spaniels, and fifty pounds for a memorial ring.
