Citations:dumble

Noun: "a dale with a stream"

 * 1841 Charles Henry Hartshorne, Salopia antiqua: or, An enquiry from personal survey into the 'druidical,' military, and other early remains in Shropshire and the north Welsh borders; with observations upon the names of places, and a glossary of words used in the county of Salop, J.W. Parker, p402
 * In Cheshire, Dumble means a dingle. Ours is a better word, that is to say, its meaning is more analogous with the cognate tongues to which the English is allied.
 * 1859 John Blenkarn, British timber trees: a practical treatise on the raising, management, and value of British timber, G. Routledge, p110
 * 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.
 * 1999 Paul A. Biggs & Sandra Biggs, Best Tea Shop Walks in Nottinghamshire, Sigma Leisure, p106
 * Lambley is famous for its ‘dumbles.’ A dumble being a local name for a shallow dale with a stream. D.H. Lawrence is reputed to have enjoyed walking the Lambley Dumbles. palmer, or an imitation of the humble-bee or dumbledore, as they call it hereabouts.
 * 2008 Flooding: Oral and written evidence, Great Britain Parliament, House of Commons, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, The Stationery Office, p294
 * The major source of flooding was the stream in the dumble which resulted in the flooding of property alongside the dumble.