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单词 dimble
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dimblen.

/ˈdɪmb(ə)l/
Etymology: Of uncertain origin, possibly a derivative or combination of dim n.2, gloom or obscurity being a usual attribute; connection with dingle n. is also possible. The midland districts (e.g. Leicester, Derby, Warwick, Shropshire) retain the word, usually in the form dumble, occasionally drumble.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
A deep and shady dell or hollow, a dingle.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > small > and deep
deanc825
dell1531
dimble1589
dingle1591
drumble?a1750
1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. B.3 Eccho..That liues in woodes, And rocky ragged tours, and Dales with Dymbles deepe.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion ii. 27 Satyres, that in shades and gloomy dimbles dwell.
1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxviii. 147 Dimbles hid from day.
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. viii. 15 in Wks. (1640) III Within a gloomie dimble, shee doth dwell Downe in a pitt, ore-growne with brakes and briars. View more context for this quotation
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Dumblehole; also Drumble, a rough wooded dip in the ground; a dingle.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Dimble, a dingle, dell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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