cwm
Americannoun
noun
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(in Wales) a valley
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geology another name for cirque
Etymology
Origin of cwm
1850–55; < Welsh: valley. See combe
Vocabulary lists containing cwm
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With careful negotiation and navigation through the crevasse fields within the cwm we will collect snow samples at the surface and subsurface as well as make reflectivity measurements using a handheld spectrometer.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 7, 2014
I was hoping to get away to the left and traverse into the cwm; that too quite hopeless.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
The proper cwm can only be reached from Llanberis or from Penygwrhyd.
From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by H. C. Hart
The Welsh cwm, in place-names, means hollow or valley, with which may be compared cum in many Scots place-names.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
There was an old curmudgeon of a money-hoarder who lived in a cottage on the side of the cwm, or dingle, at St. Donat’s, not far from the Castle.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
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