Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Husking
Husk′ing (hŭsk′ĭng), n. 1. The act or process of stripping off husks, as from Indian corn.
2. A meeting of neighbors or friends to assist in husking maize; — called also husking bee. [U.S.] "A red ear in the husking." Longfellow.