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English translation: Scrub sponge


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:gratounette
English translation:Scrub sponge
Entered by: Myriam Dupouy
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10:48 Mar 4, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / horseriding
French term or phrase: gratounette
Is this a hoof cleaning tool? If so, is there a more precise term?
stephkg
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:06
Scrub sponge
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Myriam Dupouy
France
Local time: 21:06
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Summary of answers provided
5hoof pick
Victoria Burns
4 +1hoof scraper
ormiston
3 +1hoof cleaner (or hoof rubber cleaner)
Catherine Johnstone
2 +2Scrub sponge
Myriam Dupouy
3 +1?
Bernadette Regnier
3Curry comb
Myriam Dupouy


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hoof pick


Explanation:
If it's one of these (first few pictures) then it's a "hoof pick".


    Reference: http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&resnum=0&q=hoof+pick...
Victoria Burns
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Catherine Johnstone: a hoof pick is a hook, here no pick, rather some sort of abrasive sponge... so said my prince stallion (my emblem)
23 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
?


Explanation:
gratounette: http://i24.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/a7/24/e460_3.JPG

I can't give a translation but I don't think the word is used for a "cure-pied".

HTH

Bernadette Regnier
Canada
Local time: 15:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catherine Johnstone: sure nothing to do with a cure-pied, it is a second stag to the bestde move after the cure pied has been used
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hoof scraper


Explanation:
my hunch seems perhaps right !
see this:
Loopknives - Hoof care products for use by farriers, blacksmiths ...- [ Traduire cette page ]HOOF SCRAPER. Hoof scrapers for hoof care in horses and cattle. Pinehurst Forge makes a very practical Scraper. A sharp scraper, especially in damp ...



ormiston
Local time: 21:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catherine Johnstone: why not but there is not set word here.. a hoof scraper does not ring a bell with the rider I am and my white stallion emblem does not know either
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Scrub sponge


Explanation:
See "ask asker".

Myriam Dupouy
France
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catherine Johnstone: this sounds wise and likely or at any rate can do, so said my white stallion (my picture is his)
11 mins
agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche: sounds like a scrub sponge to me
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Curry comb


Explanation:
If I was to give a nickname to one of the tools though, I guess I would call "gratounette" my curry comb...Sorry for answering twice...

Myriam Dupouy
France
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Catherine Johnstone: just unsure... :)
12 mins
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hoof cleaner (or hoof rubber cleaner)


Explanation:
a hoof pick is a different thing to me ( a metal hook to clean away the inside of the hoof) here I think that cleaner could do... that is any much softer stuff that abrases dirt left and no more... Have three horses that I dearly look after twice a day... I really do believe it is an additional "cleaner"... By the way never heard the word gratounettte in France but who knows... with cleaner, I would think you are home and dry!!! :) from my stallion Prince and his two pals

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Note added at 23 hrs (2008-03-05 10:35:43 GMT)
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or abrasive sponge!!! ooops this is getting great fun especially for the owner and rider of 3 horses!!! Am eager to see the end result of all this, will continue trying to get ideas... as they say in French "j'en parlerai à mon cheval"... Pour une fois qu'on se marre bien sans pour autant ne pas être inutiles!!! Great fun!

Catherine Johnstone
France
Local time: 21:06
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: what about 'scraper' ?
1 hr
  -> could be too
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Changes made by editors
May 3, 2008 - Changes made by Myriam Dupouy:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
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