combe
Speech parts
1. combe - Noun
2. Combe - Proper noun
Meaning
That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.
See Comb.
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Examples
Barker p. 44 At this time, Thomas Combe joined the Press and became the university's Printer until his death in 1872.
Former Dundee and Falkirk boss Hartley was pleased to get Mullen on the pitch, with it also being the first game for new goalkeeping coach Alan Combe.
Jeremy Maas, Holman Hunt and the Light of the World (Scolar Press, 1974) Combe showed little interest, however, in producing fine printed work at the Press.
Brittonic elements found in England include bre- and bal- for hills, while some such as combe or coomb(e) for a small deep valley and tor for a hill are examples of Brittonic words that were borrowed into English.
NOT to be completely outdone by his older brother, Campbell, North Adelaide’s Will Combe became the first North Adelaide player to win the Powerade Breakthrough Player Award.
George Combe would become the chief promoter of phrenology throughout the English-speaking world after he viewed a brain dissection by Spurzheim, convincing him of phrenology's merits.