[f. CLIMB v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. CLIMB.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, X. 595. The crag wes hye … And the clymbyng rycht pereluss.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 293. Ascencyon or clymmyng in the tree of grace.
1593. Shaks., 2 Hen. VI., II. i. 100. [He] bought his climbing very deare.
1855. Tennyson, Maud, I. I. xviii. Maud with her venturous climbings and tumbles.
