combe

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What wind there was was from the northeast and the fox, coming up the combe from the west, might have broken in upon them without warning.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

They skirted the side of the wood that lay along the southern edge of the combe and then, in ones and twos, slipped across the empty road beyond.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Then he said, “I not see other rabbits, sir, but a my brother ’e say yellowhammer say is a new rabbits, plenty, plenty rabbits, come to combe over on a morning side.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

They would arrive at evening and then assemble and rest in the combe south of Cannon Heath Down.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“No, that’s away up by Efrafa. Down here it runs in a sort of combe of its own. Can’t you smell it?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams