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Meaning of horse-comb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈhɔːsˌkəʊm/

Definitions

  1. A comb used by horse groomers for combing the mane and tail of horses.
  2. A curry comb (comb used for brushing a horse's coat)

Examples

“A Horſe-comb. Strigilis.”
“In the reign of Henry V, the service seems to have been changed to the annual delivery of a “horse comb, value four-pence.””
“After six weeks in Belgium he arrived in England with only two possessions: an aluminium horse comb and a handkerchief.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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