coomb

angla

 Substantivo

Angla substantivo English noun
Singularo	Pluralo
coomb	coombs

Silabseparo

coomb

Prononco

Signifoj

[1]  

Deveno

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”).

Samsencaĵoj

[1] An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels. Also comb.

1. • 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.

[2] alternativa skribado de combe.

1. • 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.

Referencoj kaj literaturo

[?] Macmillan Dictionary, far Macmillan Education Limited: coomb (brita), coomb (usona)

[?] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary coomb

[?] Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus coomb

[1–4] Dictionary.com (vortaro angla-angla, trezoro kaj enciklopedio) coomb