"husting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hustings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English husting, from Old English hūsting, borrowed from Old Norse húsþing (“house assembly”), from hús (“house”) + þing (“council, meeting”), equivalent to house + thing. Cognate with Icelandic húsþing (“assembly”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|husting}} Middle English husting, {{inh|en|ang|hūsting}} Old English hūsting, {{der|en|non|húsþing|t=house assembly}} Old Norse húsþing (“house assembly”), {{m|non|hús||house}} hús (“house”), {{m|non|þing||council, meeting}} þing (“council, meeting”), {{af|en|house|thing|nocat=1}} house + thing, {{cog|is|húsþing|t=assembly}} Icelandic húsþing (“assembly”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} husting (plural hustings)
  1. A platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
    Sense id: en-husting-en-noun-Ry0UP7tH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
  2. (historical) An assembly, especially one of the retainers of a ruler. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-husting-en-noun-l0eizgz3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hustings, thing, folkmoot

Inflected forms

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