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currycomb

currycomb

8.8
A comb with short teeth used to clean a horse's coat
  • noun
  • /ˈkɜːriˌkoʊm/
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  • But cold blood means he'll think, and keep thinking step by step till it's done." Kelsey set the sponge aside and picked up the body brush and currycomb.

Examples

  • After riding all day, he took out his currycomb to groom the horses in the stable.

  • Another, who had inherited enormous estates, took his greatest pride in the invention of a superior currycomb.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Why do you wear your hair like some wild mustang that needs a currycomb and a brush?

  • Hael patted his beast's shoulder and tossed his currycomb into a box of grooming instruments by the door.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Hoof pick, currycomb, body brush, dandy brush, mane and tail comb, grooming cloth.

  • The groom used a currycomb to remove dirt from the horse's coat before the show.

  • She found a currycomb among the grooming tools and began brushing her pony.

Synonyms

dematting comb
vscurrycomb
6.8

A comb with sharp teeth that removes mats and tangles from an animal's coat

is for general grooming using rows of small teeth rather than removing mats

How Coarse

bath mitt
4.4
currycomb
8.8
brush
145 1.0

Surface Forms

currycomb singular
currycombs plural

Morphology

currycomb = curry + comb (semi-transparent) = curry + comb

The compound literally combines 'curry' (to groom a horse) and 'comb', but 'curry' in the grooming sense is specialized and may be unfamiliar to non-equestrian learners.

Etymology

Currycomb comes from curry meaning 'to groom' and comb, a toothed tool like a hair comb, and it is not related to the spicy food 'curry'. So a currycomb is a small comb used to lift dirt and loose hair from a horse's coat.