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Nature's shrink-wrap, except you have to fight it off by hand.
means The act of stripping the dry outer leaves off something like corn before you can get to the edible part.
from From 'husk,' a word that shows up in Middle English for the dry outer covering of seeds and fruits. Its deeper roots are murky, though it's possibly related to Dutch and German words for 'little house' or 'pod' — the idea being that the husk is a small shelter the kernel briefly lives in before you evict it by hand.
- corn's armor
- leaves wrap ears to block pests and moisture
- social history
- 18th century huskings were flirty group chores turned parties
- red ear bonus
- finding one meant a kiss, legend says
- word origin
- husk once meant house or covering in old germanic