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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUSKING

ppr. Stripping off husks.

HUSKING

n.The act of stripping off husks. In New England, the practice of farmers it to invite their neighbors to assist them in stripping their maiz, in autumnal evenings, and this is called a husking.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUSKING

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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

husking bee

husk ing bee ▶noun another term for cornhusking.