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hudds

hudds is the plural of hudd.

Meaning of hudd

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Hudds

Hudds

  1. (UK, informal) Huddersfield

Questions about hudds

What does hudds mean?
Hudds means huddersfield.
What is hudds the plural of?
Hudds is the plural of hudd.
What part of speech is hudds?
Hudds is a proper noun.

Words near hudds in the dictionary

  1. Huddleston
  2. Huddleston with Newthorpe
  3. Huddlestons
  4. huddling
  5. huddlingly
  6. hudds
  7. huddup
  8. Huddy
  9. Huddys
  10. Hudec
  11. Hudecs

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