cornhusking

[ kawrn-huhs-king ]

noun

1. the removing of the husks from corn.
2. husking bee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornhusking¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; corn ¹ + husk + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The cornhusking was forgotten, the fun of it, the singing, the capering that had gone on while they husked the corn.

From Literature

There had been dances and cornhuskings and candymakings throughout the neighborhood; there had been afternoons of horseshoe pitching and evenings of charades.

From Literature

The ease and frequency of neighborly visits is vividly demonstrated in the characteristically cooperative cabin-raisings, barn-raisings, cornhuskings and similar activities in which joint effort was usual.

From Project Gutenberg

He had his cornhusking to do, and he wanted to get all the fall jobs finished before cold weather.

From Project Gutenberg

In the fields, late in the day, afternoon merging into night, a cornhusking bee was in progress on the Brodas plantation.

From Literature