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horse-comb|ˈhɔːskəʊm|
An instrument for combing the hair of horses; a curry-comb.
a1100Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 331/9 Strigil, uel strigilis, horscamb. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) IV. 25 Ȝonge⁓lynges..frotede þe oliphauntes in þe forhedes wiþ hors⁓combes. 1398― Barth. De P.R. xviii. xl. (Bodl. MS.), Þe colte is nouȝt..icoreyed wiþ hors combe. 1465Durham MS. Almoner's Roll, Item j horskam. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xii. xiv. (1886) 197 Horssecombs and sickles that have so many teeth. 1679Blount Anc. Tenures 46 A certain Horse-comb or Curry-comb. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 532 Among other stable implements..strigils, which I conceive to be horsecombs. |