Dumble

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shady valley, a dingle; especially one with steep wooded sides and a stream running through it. Midlands

    "When a stream runs in a deep dell, particularly in clay districts, the steep banks and stream form what are called a “dumble” in Nottinghamshire."

  2. 2
    The club rush. East, Yorkshire

    "Recently Dr. K. J. Allison has come across a Leconfield lease of 1631 which included 'all the earl 's dumbles growing in Arram Carr' ?"

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"When a stream runs in a deep dell, particularly in clay districts, the steep banks and stream form what are called a “dumble” in Nottinghamshire."

Etymology

Probable variant of dimble.

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