English Explanatory Dictionary

coomb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of combe.

Pronunciation

/kuːm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coomb.wav

Word forms

coomb coombs comb

Etymology

From Middle English *comb, *cumb (> Scots cumb, coom (“tub, cistern”)), from Old English cumb (“a vessel; a liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (“bowl, vessel”). Compare German Kumpf (“bowl”). Alternatively, perhaps from Latin cumba (“boat, tomb of stone”), from Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “hollow of a vessel, cup, boat”).

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