currycomb

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noun

A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses.

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Meanings

nouncurrycomb (plural currycombs)

plural currycombs · alternative curry-comb · alternative curry comb

  1. A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses.

    One hundred currycombs […] One hundred corn horsebrushes […]

    1889, Annual Report of the Military Department, State of Oregon, page 99
verbcurrycomb (third-person singular simple present currycombs, present participle currycombing, simple past and past participle currycombed)

present singular third person currycombs · participle present currycombing · participle past currycombed · past currycombed · alternative curry-comb · alternative curry comb

  1. transitiveTo groom using such a comb.

Origin

From curry + comb.

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Translations

Afrikaans roskam
  • roskama comb or brush used to groom horses
Ancient Greek ψήκτρα
  • ψήκτρα (psḗktra)a comb or brush used to groom horses
Catalan estríjol, estrijolar
  • estríjola comb or brush used to groom horses
  • estrijolarto groom
Dutch roskam
  • roskama comb or brush used to groom horses
Esperanto striglilo
  • strigliloa comb or brush used to groom horses
Finnish suka, sukia
  • sukaa comb or brush used to groom horses
  • sukiato groom
French étrille
  • étrillea comb or brush used to groom horses
German Striegel, striegeln
  • Striegela comb or brush used to groom horses
  • striegelnto groom
Italian striglia
  • strigliaa comb or brush used to groom horses
Norwegian Bokmål strigle, strigle
  • striglea comb or brush used to groom horses
  • strigleto groom
Persian قشو
  • قشو (qašow)a comb or brush used to groom horses
Polish zgrzebło
  • zgrzebłoa comb or brush used to groom horses
Romanian țesală
  • țesalăa comb or brush used to groom horses
Spanish almohaza
  • almohazaa comb or brush used to groom horses
Tagalog almohasa
  • almohasaa comb or brush used to groom horses
Turkish kaşağı, kaşağılamak
  • kaşağıa comb or brush used to groom horses
  • kaşağılamakto groom
Welsh ysgrafell
  • ysgrafella comb or brush used to groom horses
Cite this entry
APA

currycomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currycomb

MLA

“currycomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currycomb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “currycomb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currycomb.

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