combe

or comb, coomb, coombe

[ koom, kohm ]
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nounBritish.
  1. a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.

Origin of combe

1
Old English cumb valley <British Celtic; cf. cwm

Words Nearby combe

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How to use combe in a sentence

  • The English original is probably that by William combe, published in 1779, two volumes.

    Laurence Sterne in Germany | Harvey Waterman Thayer
  • The entrance to a combe—the widening mouth of a valley—is beyond, with copses on the slopes.

    The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies
  • Somewhere behind the broad beam of life sweeping so beautifully through the combe, somewhere behind the flower, and in the wind.

    The Hills and the Vale | Richard Jefferies
  • The following extract from Dr. Andrew combe, presents the opinion of most intelligent medical men on this subject.

    A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher
  • George combe discussed with his host the principles of phrenology, at that time claiming "its thousands of disciples."

    George Eliot | Mathilde Blind

British Dictionary definitions for combe

combe

comb

/ (kuːm) /


noun
  1. variant spellings of coomb

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