coomb in a sentence
Examples
- The Deeping-coomb was a deep, well-defended valley in the northern Brythonic survival word, meaning a small deep dry valley, easily defended.
- Although the main part of Carrock Fell Mine is beneath Carrock Fell, there are some workings to the south of Grainsgill Beck at the base of Coomb Height.
- Toward the end of Corbet's Couloir, to the right ( also looking at the mountain ) is a small rock alcove called Coomb's Cave.
- Combe is spelt differently in other part of the United Kingdom as " Coombe " and " Coomb ", but the meanings are the same.
- Cyta, the words " combe ", " coomb " and " comb " are all variant spellings meaning the same thing as the Welsh word " cwm ".
- In the north, the Southern Uplands of Scotland can be seen, including Merrick ( 62 ), White Coomb ( 58 ) and the closer Criffel ( 28 ).
- The name is sometimes pronounced as if spelled " Mools-coomb ", though perhaps more often the first part is pronounced like the animal " mole ".
- Due to the depth of the snow in the area and the slope, it is generally difficult to get to Coomb's Cave without dropping down Corbet's.
- White Coomb is most easily climbed from the National Trust for Scotland car park underneath the Grey Mare's Tail waterfall, on the A708 from Moffat to Selkirk, at NT 186146.
- Correlation of the granophyric intrusion with the Arfon Group rather than the nearby Coomb Volcanic Formation has been suggested with a tentative U-Pb isotopic age of 625 + /-25Ma being suggested.