combe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of combe
Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; cf. cwm
Example Sentences
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To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Still talking quietly, he led Pipkin out into the overgrown combe.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
“No, that’s away up by Efrafa. Down here it runs in a sort of combe of its own. Can’t you smell it?”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
However this may be, it is certain that no fox hunts rabbits by going openly up a combe at sunset.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Of course, I had already heard similar sentiments a few moments earlier, but Mr Morgan actually said: 'It's a privilege to have a gentleman like yourself here in Mos- combe, sir.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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