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hudd

hudd noun: a portable wooden graveside shelter, typically resembling a sentry box, formerly used in England to protect the officiating clergyman from bad weather during a burial service.

Noun

hudd (plural hudds)

  1. (historical) A portable wooden graveside shelter, typically resembling a sentry box, formerly used in England to protect the officiating clergyman from bad weather during a burial service.
    • C18 panelled funeral hudd.1980, John Newman, “Ivychurch”, in West Kent and the Weald (The Buildings of England), Penguin Books, →ISBN
    • The funeral hudd is a piece of plain and practical joinery that is just about light enough to trundle out into the churchyard when needed.2010 September 2, Philip Wilkinson, “Brookland, Kent”, in English Buildings (blog), archived from the original on 20 Nov 2023

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hudd

Hudd

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hudd

Hudd

  1. University of Huddersfield, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Forms of hudd

pluralhudds
alternative formhud
alternative formhude

Origin of hudd

Unknown. Sometimes connected with hood, but this derivation is uncertain.

From a Middle English given name derived from Hugh and probably merged with an Old English given name Hūda.

Shortened form of Huddersfield created by taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

Questions about hudd

What does hudd mean?
Hudd means a portable wooden graveside shelter, typically resembling a sentry box, formerly used in England to protect the officiating clergyman from bad weather during a burial service.
What part of speech is hudd?
Hudd can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hudd?
The plural of hudd is hudds.

Words near hudd in the dictionary

  1. hucs
  2. hud
  3. Huda
  4. Hudak
  5. Hudaks
  6. hudd
  7. Huddart
  8. Huddersfield
  9. Huddinge
  10. huddle
  11. huddle room

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