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Definition of Combe
1. n. See Comb.
Definition of Combe
1. Noun. A valley or hollow, often wooded and with no river. ¹
2. Noun. A cirque ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Combe
1. a narrow valley [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Combe
Literary usage of Combe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1897)
"Recitation of other similar indenture. My cousin William combe son and heir of
John combe of Allchurch &c. gen', at age of one and twenty. ..."
2. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1873)
"The line skirts the rocky E. bank, passing through a succession of tunnels; to
the г. а pleasing view of the lake, the monastery of Haute-combe opposite, ..."
3. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke, Bernard Burke (1844)
"Y SYDENHAM, esq. of combe, who m. first, Jane, daughter of John ... He was s.
by his only surviving eon, HUMPHREY SYD^MIAU, eeq. of combe, who married Jane, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1908)
"The remainder of the series is exposed in the combe itself. At the northern end
the section is terminated by the outcrop of the Dolomitic Conglomerate. ..."
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