An instrument for combing the hair of horses; a curry-comb.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > grooming of horses > grooming instruments (13) horse-comba1100 An instrument for combing the hair of horses; a curry-comb. wisp1362 used to wipe something dry or clean; now chiefly to rub down a horse. combc1440 An instrument for currying horses, consisting of a series of such strips of metal, with short teeth, placed parallel in a frame. Usually horse comb… mane-comb1564 a comb for a horse's mane. curry-comb1573 A comb or instrument of metal used for currying horses, etc. scraper1581 A scraping instrument held in the hand. (a) Ancient History. Used to render the Latin strigil (see strigil, n.). (b) ‘An instrument with which to… rubber1598 A rough towel or brush used for rubbing down or grooming a horse. teaseler1607 An implement for teaseling; in quot. 1607, a comb for thinning out a horse's mane, etc. French brush1655 †(a) a brush used for rubbing down horses (obsolete); (b) an artist's brush; a flat, stiff bristle brush used in decorative work. sweating-iron1753 = sweat-scraper n. at sweat, n. compounds 1a. dandy-brush1845 A stiff brush used in cleaning horses, made of split whalebone or vegetable fibre, as the stiff root fibres of Chrysopogon Gryllus, the Venetian… groomera1884 An instrument for the mechanical grooming of horses (see quot. 1884). sweat-scraper1908 |
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