husking
/ˈhʌskɪŋ/
adjective
- Related to or used for removing husks.
- The husking machine was loud but efficient.
- They bought a new husking tool at the farm supply store.
- The husking season lasts only a few weeks each year.
noun
- The act or process of removing the outer covering (husk) from corn or other crops.
- The husking of the rice takes place before it is milled.
- We spent the afternoon husking and then boiling the fresh ears.
- Husking corn by hand is a traditional autumn activity at the fair.
- A social gathering where people remove husks from corn, often as a community event.
- The town held a husking bee every October to prepare for winter.
- At the husking, neighbors told stories while working together.
- She met her husband at a husking party many years ago.
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