Definition of husting
plural -s
1
:a deliberative assembly or council in early medieval England;
especially
:one called by a king or other leader
2 a
or hustings plural but singular in construction
:a court held in London before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs or aldermen
b
hustings plural but singular in construction
or hustings court
:a local court in some cities in Virginia
3
or hustings plural but singular in construction
:the upper end or dais of the guildhall where the London husting sits
4 a
or hustings plural but singular in construction
:a raised platform from which candidates for the British Parliament were formerly nominated and from which they addressed their constituency
b
:the proceedings at a parliamentary election
5
hustings plural but singular or plural in construction
a
:an election platform :stump
- the charge … is expected to resound from political hustings throughout the land
- —Foreign Policy Bulletin
b
:an act or process of electioneering
- an election which has generated far more excitement than the usual off-year hustings
- —Saturday Review
- the rough give-and-take of the hustings
- —Yale Review
