rubbing-down

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No wonder that, in such paintings as Eclipse at Newmarket, With a Groom and a Jockey, circa 1770, the plain rubbing-down houses on Newmarket Heath look like neo-Egyptian shrines, pyramids of the turf.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Owen drove directly into the barn and gave minute instructions as to the rubbing-down and feeding of the horses.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

However, the operation gave me immediate relief, which encouraged me to submit to another rubbing-down before I went to bed; and it was so effectual, that I found myself pretty easy all the night after.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

Of great importance for scrofulous children, furthermore, is a suitable course in gymnastics and rubbing-down with cold water.

From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Brendecke, Fr. (Friedrich)

To-day it means washing the face, and neck, and hands daily; to-morrow, the feet; and day after to-morrow, washing the whole body every day, and, in addition and in particular, a rubbing-down.

From What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow by Hapgood, Isabel Florence