coomb
noun
coombe
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a variation of
coomb.
Example Sentences
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Mapperton, near Beaminster, is an Italianate fantasy in a steep coombe studded with topiary and sky-reflecting pools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Below the mouth of the coombe the water has worn itself a channel quite six feet deep in the chalk—washing out the flints that now lie at the bottom.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
In its broadest part one of them is used as a waggon-track, for which it is admirably adapted, being firm and hard, even smoother than the bottom of the coombe itself.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
The sheep grazing at will in the coombe eat off the herbage too closely to permit of many flowers.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
A few minutes' further walking brought her to the head of a deep-bosomed coombe, and the mere sight of it was almost reward enough for the difficulties of the journey.
From The Moon out of Reach by Margaret Pedler
