Coomb definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Her way lay usually by the coomb, and Martin, having learned that she was visiting Will on the occasion in question, set out before her and awaited her here, beside the river, in a lonely spot between the moorland above and the forest below.

—Children of the Mist

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Same as comb.
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Same as coom.

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Still some miles away, on the far side of the Westfold Vale, lay a green coomb, a great bay in the mountains, out of which a gorge opened in the hills. — The Lord of the Rings
Thence it fell into the Deeping-coomb and out into the Westfold Vale. — The Lord of the Rings
They had climbed far up into the Deeping-coomb when they looked back. — The Lord of the Rings
But they sat silent on their horses, and they gazed down upon the Deeping-coomb. — The Lord of the Rings
Vainly they crawled and clambered about the walls of the coomb, seeking to escape. — The Lord of the Rings