combe

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The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The slope was already in shadow when Campion came running down with the news that he had come face to face with Blackavar and Holly in the upper part of the combe.

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