cramble /ˈkɹæmbəl/verb 3noun 1forms 3 verb3 •To move unsteadily or with difficulty; to hobble.And see! enfeebled by repeated shocks, Those two, who cramble on the adjacent rocks, Their faithless hold no longer can retain, They sink o'erwhelm'd! and never rise again! — 1861 •To break apart.Remove this, and the foundation is gone, the superstructure will soon totter, and in less time than was consumed in erecting, will the building cramble to atoms. — 1878 •To twist and wind irregularly.Juliet, crambling up her hair, darted into the house to prepare the tea, and also to “tidy herself.” — 1901 noun[usually plural]1 •A branch that has been broken and blown onto the ground by the wind.After the wind-tempest, when branches lie in crambles upon the clearings and neighbors at far distances phone down the foothills under the mountains to ask if all is well still, the answer is “Yes” — 1989 formscrambled · crambling · crambles
