the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses (20)
the function of a hostler, or the discharge of such function.
spec. The act of rubbing down a horse. Cf. rubdown, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
the occupation or activity of an ostler.
An act of wisping. a wisp down, a rub down with a wisp.