kame

¹

[ keym ]

noun

, Physical Geography.

1. a ridge or mound of stratified drift left by a retreating ice sheet.

kame

²

[ keym ]

noun

, Scot.

1. combe.

kame

/ keɪm /

noun

1. an irregular mound or ridge of gravel, sand, etc, deposited by water derived from melting glaciers

kame

/ kām /

1. A small hill or ridge consisting of layers of sand and gravel deposited by a meltwater stream at the margin of a melting glacier.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kame¹

1860–65 for this sense; special use of Scots, N dial. kame comb ( Middle English (dial.) camb, kambe, Old English camb, comb ); comb

Origin of kame²

Dialectal variant of comb

Word History and Origins

Origin of kame¹

C19: Scottish and northern English variant of comb

Example Sentences

I do not think that "the Doctor's redding-kame" now survives 233as a name, even if the original trees be still to the fore.

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Kame terraces are hummocky embankments of stratified drift sometimes found in rugged regions along the sides of valleys.

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In many cases they form irregular groups of hills, and in other cases fairly well defined kame ridges.

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Naturally they thought he was at Mrs. Kame's in Banbury, but she hasn't laid eyes on him.

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I knew her when she first married John Kame, the dearest, simplest man that ever was.

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