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