coomb

coomb Definition

coomb (ko̵̅o̅m)

noun

Brit. a deep, narrow valley; ravine

Etymology: ME < OE cumb (in place names) < Celt base *kumbos < IE *kumb-, var. of base *keu-, bend > cup, hive

coomb Usage Examples

Preposition: of

wheat: On the 17th of May, Hardy told him that a hundred coombs of wheat had been received at Diss.
malt: July 29 th 1818 Robert Bareham for stealing 2 coombs of malt from Thomas Jones at Sudbury.

Converse of object

steal: July 29 th 1818 Robert Bareham for stealing 2 coombs of malt from Thomas Jones at Sudbury.

coomb Quotes

When the pods went pop on the broom, green broom, And apples began to be golden-skinned, We harboured a stag in the Priory coomb.

—Davidson,John

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