Dictionary entry

Comb (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Comb, Combe (? or?), } n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland.

A gradual rise the shelving combe

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