combe

American  

[koom, kohm] / kum, koʊm /

Or comb,

noun

British.

1. a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.

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combe British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. variant spellings of coomb

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Etymology

Origin of combe

Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; cwm

Example Sentences

“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

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

He turned and, although it was rapidly becoming too dark to see any distance, made as though he were still looking out across the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Almost before they could grasp that he was alive, he had recrossed the entire upper slope of the combe in a single dash and bolted in among them.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams