Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:03:53 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: new one


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coomb, combe, coombe or comb n. Chiefly SE Brit, a short valley or deep hollow , according to one dictionary [Collins]. There used to be a college management centre in Somerset called Coombe Lodge - the Hotel brochure there said it was named after nearby water filled cleft thing which is what a coombe was, only it said it in more prosaic English.
 
BTW Thanks for the sympathy, folks.
 
Andy

Heather <heather-AT-teknopunx.co.uk> wrote:

> > i think a 'coomb' is where what we call a 'crick' feeds into the sea,
> > but i'm not sure and too lazy to look it up right now.
> >
> > roger
> >
>
> I heard that it means "valley".
>
> Lorax

I've only heard the word used once, in the south of ireland, to describe a
place in a river where the water got really deep, it was a nice wee
sheltered bit where it didn't flow so fast so was great for swimming but so
deep you couldn't get to the bottom.
H
>


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> > i think a 'coomb' is where what we call a 'crick' feeds into the sea,
> > but i'm not sure and too lazy to look it up right now.
> >
> > roger
> >
>
> I heard that it means "valley".
>
> Lorax

I've only heard the word used once, in the south of ireland, to describe a
place in a river where the water got really deep, it was a nice wee
sheltered bit where it didn't flow so fast so was great for swimming but so
deep you couldn't get to the bottom.
H
>