[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That clasps; grasping, embracing, enclosing.
1611. Cotgr., Veuilles, the clasping tendrels … of a Vine.
1667. Milton, P. L., IX. 217. Direct The clasping Ivie where to climb.
1717. Pope, Eloisa, 234. My clasping arms.
1869. Oliver, Elem. Bot., II. 172. Clasping lanceolate undivided leaves.
