currycomb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a comb with rows of short teeth or ridges, used especially for grooming a horse

   The groom loosened the dried mud with a rubber currycomb.

2. 2
   verb

   to groom an animal, especially a horse, with a currycomb

   She currycombed the pony before brushing its coat smooth.

A compound of curry + comb. Curry here is the grooming verb, from Middle English currayen and Old French conreer, 'to prepare or put in order,' rather than the unrelated food word curry.

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