vbl. sb. [f. prec. + -ING1.]
† 1. Crooking, bending (of a joint). Obs.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. lvii. (1495), 172. In clytchynge and bendynge and stretchynge of membres. Ibid., XVIII. ix. 763. What fysshes do … wyth drawynge and clytchyng [MS. Bodl. clicchinge] of fynnes; and foules and birdes with clitchyng and spreding of wynges.
2. Making fast; sticking. dial.
