Definition of "coomb"

coomb¹

/kuːm/

noun
plural coombs
1. An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.
  Quotations
  It was equal to half a quarter, i.e. is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties.
  1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168
  Two kilderkins, or strikes, make a measure called a barrel, liquid, and a coomb, dry; this last term being ancient and little used.
  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

coomb²

/kuːm/

noun
plural coombs
1. Alternative spelling of combe
  Quotations
  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.
  1896, Thomas Hardy, chapter 4, in The Mayor of Casterbridge