"What is the meaning of the old English word ""coomb""?"
White Coomb White Coomb White Coomb is a hill in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Its summit is the highest point of a network of ridges that lie north-east of the town of Moffat in the Moffat Hills. The ridges are broad, but are defended by steep valleys. The summit marks the highest point in the registration county of Dumfries. 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. The most direct route heads directly west up a steep ridge, but
Arthur Coomb Arthur Coomb Arthur Grenfell Coomb (born 3 March 1929) is a former English cricketer who was active in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, making five appearances in first-class cricket. Born at Kempston, Bedfordshire, Coomb was educated at Bedford Modern School. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast and who played most of his cricket at minor counties level for Bedfordshire and Norfolk. Coomb made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire, a season in which he made three further appearances for the county. As a serving member of the Royal Navy, Coomb was