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CLINCHING TOOL [1 record]

Record 1 2004-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
  • Animal Care Equipment (Farm equipment)
DEF

A tool used for bending the nails over after they have come through the hoof.

CONT

If level, you could use a clinching tool, a plier-like affair with alligator looking grabs in the jaws to grab and squash the clinch.

OBS

clinching tongs: term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
  • Soins aux animaux (Matériel agricole)

Spanish

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