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Definition of Coomb
1. n. A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.
2. n. A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.
Definition of Coomb
1. Noun. An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. Also comb. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of combe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coomb
1. combe [n -S] - See also: combe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coomb
Literary usage of Coomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1860)
"Ouse, and the numerous chalk-pits worked at the termination of the coomb. ...
Fault coinciding with the coomb, In the Cliff-hill near Lewes. Mantell. a. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"Half a bushel, or the eighth part of a coomb, whence the term. Pr. Pan. EYTH.
Easy ¡ easily. (A.-S.) FA. (1) Very fast. North. (2) A foe ; au enemy. ..."
3. The Hundred Rools and Extracts Therefrom by Great Britain (1902)
"Also from Robert the Palmer 2 coombs of malt, from Adam Bacon 2 coombs of malt,
from Henry of Gorton 1 coomb of malt, from John le Latimer 2 coombs of malt, ..."
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