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rush-bearing

rush-bearing is the alternative form of rushbearing.

Meaning of rushbearing

Noun

rushbearing (plural rushbearings)

  1. (historical) A rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest.

Forms of rush-bearing

pluralrush-bearings

Questions about rush-bearing

What is rush-bearing the alternative form of?
Rush-bearing is the alternative form of rushbearing.

Words near rush-bearing in the dictionary

  1. rush to judgement
  2. rush to judgment
  3. rush toad
  4. rush toads
  5. rush'd
  6. rush-bearing
  7. rush-hour
  8. rush-job
  9. rush-jobs
  10. rushaholic
  11. rushaholics

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