combe

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They reached the track above the combe and began to make their way along it with some caution, since the sunset was in their eyes.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It was trotting steadily up the combe like a dog, trailing its white-tipped brush.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Almost before they could grasp that he was alive, he had recrossed the entire upper slope of the combe in a single dash and bolted in among them.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It was almost upon him before Bigwig turned and began to limp up the north slope of the combe toward the trees of the Belt.

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