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
