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coomb
1or coombe
[ koom, kohm ]
coomb
2[ koom ]
noun
- coom.
coomb
/ kuːm /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of coomb1
Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley
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Example Sentences
As the coomb opened, the squire went along a hedge near but not quite to the top.
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It would be rapture, belike, in a Devon coomb, or on a Hampshire hill-top.
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Behind the house opened a narrow coomb and descended a road to the dwelling.
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Down below the sea was dashing into the mouth of the glen, or coomb, as they call it there.
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This coomb is seen on the eastern side of the valley of the Ouse, in the suburbs of the town of Lewes.
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