combe
Americannoun
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a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side.
noun
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variant spellings of coomb
Etymology
Origin of combe
Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; cwm
Example Sentences
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The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
They skirted the side of the wood that lay along the southern edge of the combe and then, in ones and twos, slipped across the empty road beyond.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Then he said, “I not see other rabbits, sir, but a my brother ’e say yellowhammer say is a new rabbits, plenty, plenty rabbits, come to combe over on a morning side.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
It was trotting steadily up the combe like a dog, trailing its white-tipped brush.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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