husting

Meaning

1. A platform where candidates in an election give speeches.
2. (historical) An assembly, especially one of the retainers of a ruler.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: husting

Inherited from Old English: hūsting

Cognate with Icelandic: húsþing

In summary

From Middle English husting, from Old English hūsting, borrowed from Old Norse húsþing (“house assembly”), from hús (“house”) + þing (“council, meeting”), equivalent to house + thing. Cognate with Icelandic húsþing (“assembly”).