Obs. rare. [a. OF. columbe, colombe, L. columba.]
1. A dove; a vessel, etc., in the form of a dove.
1488. in T. Thomson, Inventories (1815), 5 (Jam.). Item, an uche of gold … & thre bedis of gold, a columbe of golde.
2. attrib. Dove-colored.
1561. in T. Thomson, Inventories, 159 (Jam.). Ane rest of columbe taffeteis contenin nyne ellis.
