HUSKINGS

Noun

huskings

plural of husking

Source: Wiktionary


HUSKING

Husk"ing, n.

1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.

2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; -- called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.

HUSK

Husk, n. Etym: [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]

1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.

2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.

Husk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.]

Definition: To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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