English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (to comb). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (to comb), German kämmen (to comb), Icelandic kemba (to comb; card; debug).

Verb edit

kemb (third-person singular simple present kembs, present participle kembing, simple past and past participle kembed or kempt)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.

Noun edit

kemb (plural kembs)

  1. Obsolete form of comb.