coomb

¹ American  

[koom] / kum /

noun

1. coom.

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coomb ² American  

[koom, kohm] / kum, koʊm /

Or coombe

noun

1. combe.

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coomb British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas

2. another name for cirque

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Etymology

Origin of coomb

Old English cumb (in place names), probably of Celtic origin; compare Old French combe small valley and Welsh cwm valley

Example Sentences

Detroit’s players had the day off on Monday and Bevell said he was only able to inform some of them of Coomb’s departure before a team meeting on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times

Vainly they crawled and clambered about the walls of the coomb, seeking to escape.

From Literature

At last the company passed through the trees, and found that they had come to the bottom of the Coomb, where the road from Helm’s Deep branched, going one way east to Edoras, and the other north to the Fords of Isen.

From Literature

The company turned then away from the Coomb and from the wood and took the road towards the Fords.

From Literature

Still some miles away, on the far side of the Westfold Vale, lay a green coomb, a great bay in the mountains, out of which a gorge opened in the hills.

From Literature