overclimb

English

Etymology

From Middle English overclimben, from Old English oferclimban, equivalent to over- +‎ climb.

Verb

overclimb (third-person singular simple present overclimbs, present participle overclimbing, simple past and past participle overclimbed)

1. To climb over.
   • 1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter ([Roxburghe Club Publications; I]), London: […] A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1814, →OCLC:

     This fatal gin thus overclamb our walls

2. To climb excessively

References

• “overclimb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.