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hoodening

hoodening noun: an old English tradition of ploughing teams, who would carry a wooden horse's head on a pole and ask for money from local landowners.

Noun

hoodening (uncountable)

  1. An old English tradition of ploughing teams, who would carry a wooden horse's head on a pole and ask for money from local landowners.

Forms of hoodening

alternative formhodening

Questions about hoodening

What does hoodening mean?
Hoodening means an old English tradition of ploughing teams, who would carry a wooden horse's head on a pole and ask for money from local landowners.
What part of speech is hoodening?
Hoodening is a noun.

Words near hoodening in the dictionary

  1. hooded violets
  2. hoodedness
  3. hooden
  4. hooden horse
  5. hooden horses
  6. hoodening
  7. hooder
  8. hoodfish
  9. hoodfished
  10. hoodfisher
  11. hoodfishers

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