Currycomb meaning
To groom with a currycomb. verb. A circular comb with rows of teeth or ridges, for rubbing down, grooming, and cleaning a horse's coat.
What is a Currycomb?
: a comb made of rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges and used especially to curry horses.
Why is it called a Currycomb?
From the late 13th century Anglo-French word curreier comes the English word curry, meaning, to rub down a horse. The Oxford English Dictionary quotes a phrase from 1398 as “coryed wyth an horse combe.” So, logically, a comb used to curry a horse might come to be called a curry-comb.
