comber
noun
[ ˈkəʊmə ]
• a long curling sea wave.
• "the combers, glassy blue-green, moved slowly in"
• a person or machine that prepares cotton or wool for manufacture by separating and straightening the fibres.
comber
noun
• a small fish that gapes when dead, occurring in shallow waters from the western English Channel to the Mediterranean.
Origin:
mid 18th century: of unknown origin.
