Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Husking \Husk"ing\, 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.

Husk \Husk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Husked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Husking}.]
   To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to
   husk Indian corn.

Source : WordNet®

husking
     n : the removal of covering [syn: {denudation}, {stripping}, {uncovering},
          {baring}]