dumble

Definitions

1. A shady valley, a dingle; especially one with steep wooded sides and a stream running through it.
   Midlands
2. The club rush.
   East, Yorkshire

Examples

“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.”

“Fine electric activity in sound⟳ came from the dumbles below the road, the birds piping one against the other, and water mysteriously plashing, issuing from the lake.”

“Lambley is famous for its ‘dumbles.’ A dumble being a local name⟳ for a shallow dale with a stream.”

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

“In such circumstances it may well be that a natural pool would be enlarged or deepened or an artificial pond created to maintain⟳ a suitable habitat for the rush⟳. Later archival references to the rush⟳ “dumbles" are for the River Hull valley.”

“The item from Elizabeth Hotham's account book does not state where the dumbles grew, but in a later account book of Sir Charles Hotham Arram Carr is specified.”

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