coomb
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
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a short valley or deep hollow, esp in chalk areas
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another name for cirque
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
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Vainly they crawled and clambered about the walls of the coomb, seeking to escape.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Their torches could be seen winding up the coomb in many lines.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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 "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
‘Not far ahead now lies Helm’s Dike, an ancient trench and rampart scored across the coomb, two furlongs below Helm’s Gate. There we can turn and give battle.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
B may distinctively open dhe vowel, in climb and comb; but cannot render it also depressive in comb, tomb, bomb, and womb; for coomb, toomb, boomb, and woomb.
From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by Elphinston, James
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