hustings
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hustings/ˈhʌstɪŋz/
▶noun (pl. same) [treated as pl. or sing.] a meeting at which candidates in an election address potential voters.
■ (the hustings) the campaigning associated with an election.
– origin OE husting ‘assembly, council’, from ON hústhing ‘household assembly’, from hús ‘house’ + thing ‘assembly, parliament’.
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