Is Currycomb a Noun?
Currycomb Meaning a Circular Comb with Rows of Teeth or Ridges, for Rubbing Down, Grooming, and Cleaning a Horse's Coat. .. . a Comb or Brush, Having Rubber or...
What is a Currycomb?
: a comb made of rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges and used especially to curry horses.
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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.
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