malt-comes
/ˈmɔːltˌkəʊmz/ /ˈmɔːltˌkuːmz/ /ˈmɔːltˌkʌmz/(also malt-combs, malt-coombs, malt-culms) Now chiefly British regional
noun
Treated as plural. In the process of malting: the radicles and acrospires of grain that has been partly germinated and kiln-dried, which are separated from the malt. Also (rarely) collectively, in singular form.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From malt + the plural of come.