Obs. [app. a. ON. klambra to clamp or pinch together (Vigf.), app. a frequentative deriv. of *klambjan to press or squeeze, mentioned under CLAM sb.1 Mod.Ger. has, from the same source, klammern, to make fast with a clamp, constrict.] To mass or cluster together.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 801. So mony pynakle payntet watz poudred ay quere, Among þe castel carnelez, clambred so þik, þat pared out of papure purely hit semed. Ibid., 1721. As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes.
