Usually means: Removing husks from the corn.
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  1. cornhusking: Merriam-Webster
  2. cornhusking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cornhusking: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cornhusking: Vocabulary.com
  5. cornhusking: Wiktionary
  6. cornhusking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. cornhusking: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. cornhusking: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. cornhusking: Dictionary.com
  10. cornhusking: Rhymezone
  11. cornhusking: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cornhusking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. cornhusking: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The removal of the husk from corn (maize).

Similar:
husking bee, cornshucking, shelling, shucking, shuckery, corn-cracker, crap, husk, corncutter, rice husk, more...

Opposite:
corn shucking, corn stripping, corn peeling

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Similar:
husking bee, cornshucking, shelling, shucking, shuckery, corn-cracker, crap, husk, corncutter, rice husk, more...

Opposite:
corn shucking, corn stripping, corn peeling



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