el la mezangla *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“kuvo, cisterno”)), el la malnov-angla cumb (“ujo”), el la praĝermana *kumbaz (“bovlo, ujo”). Kp. germana Kumpf (“bovlo”).
Alternative, eble el la latina cumba (“ŝipo, ŝton-tombo”), el la malnov-greka κύμβη (kúmbē, “ŝip- aŭ taskavo”).
1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168
It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties.
1790 July 13, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Secretary of State, Plan for establishing uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States," report communicated to the House of Representatives
Two kilderkins, or strikes, make a measure called a barrel, liquid, and a coomb, dry; this last term being ancient and little used.
From the centre of each side of this tree-bound square ran avenues east, west, and south into the wide expanse of corn-land and coomb to the distance of a mile or so.
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[1] Toujours les mêmes exemples: crag, « rocher escarpé », tor, « éminence », combe ou coomb « combe, vallé, vallon », ou encore le nom de Puck, le lutin espiègle du Songe d'une nuit d'été.[1]