(US, chiefly, historical) A social event involving the husking of corn.
(US, chiefly, historical) A social event involving the husking of corn.
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(US) A social gathering of farmers to help gather in the apple harvest, or process the fruit.
One who husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears of corn).
(US) The husk covering an ear of corn.
An American term for the dry outer husk that encloses an ear of corn (maize). Cornshucks have multiple traditional uses including wrapping tamales, stuffing mattresses, and making folk dolls. The word is particularly associated with Southern and rural American English and evokes traditional agricultural life.
(US, regional) A beehive, especially an improvised beehive made from part of a hollowed-out black gum trunk.