currycomb

nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

A currycomb is a toothed comb for cleaning a horse's coat. Use a currycomb.

It is worked in circles to bring dirt to the surface, and then a brush takes it off. A currycomb is never used on the legs or the face, where there is no muscle under the skin.

Definitions of currycomb

1nouncurrycombA toothed comb for cleaning a horse's coat.C2
“She worked the currycomb in circles along his flank.”

currycomb is a tool.

Where it comes from

Curry here is the old verb meaning to groom, from Old French correier, and has nothing to do with the food.

From curry + comb.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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