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rushbearing

rushbearing noun: a rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest.

rushbearing: a rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest
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Noun

rushbearing (plural rushbearings)

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

Forms of rushbearing

pluralrushbearings
alternative formrush-bearing

Origin of rushbearing

From rush + bearing.

Questions about rushbearing

What does rushbearing mean?
Rushbearing means a rural festival when the parish church was strewn with rushes, between haymaking and harvest.
What part of speech is rushbearing?
Rushbearing is a noun.
What is the plural of rushbearing?
The plural of rushbearing is rushbearings.

Words near rushbearing in the dictionary

  1. Rushalls
  2. Rushan
  3. Rushawn
  4. rushbearer
  5. rushbearers
  6. rushbearing
  7. rushbearings
  8. rushbird
  9. rushbirds
  10. Rushbrooke
  11. Rushbrooke with Rougham

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