coomb
1or coombe
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How to use coomb in a sentence
As the coomb opened, the squire went along a hedge near but not quite to the top.
Field and Hedgerow | Richard JefferiesIt would be rapture, belike, in a Devon coomb, or on a Hampshire hill-top.
The Record of Nicholas Freydon | A. J. (Alec John) DawsonBehind the house opened a narrow coomb and descended a road to the dwelling.
The Red Redmaynes | Eden PhillpottsDown below the sea was dashing into the mouth of the glen, or coomb, as they call it there.
The Seaboard Parish, Complete | George MacDonaldThis coomb is seen on the eastern side of the valley of the Ouse, in the suburbs of the town of Lewes.
A Manual of Elementary Geology | Charles Lyell.
British Dictionary definitions for coomb
combe, coombe or comb
/ (kuːm) /
mainly Southern English a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas
mainly Northern English another name for cirque
Origin of coomb
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