Hŭs'tings, n. pl.
n. pl. [A-S. husting, a place of council, from hūs, house, and thing, thing, cause, council; Icel. huss-thingi, familiar consultation, from hūs, house, and thingi, colloquy, consultation, thing, assembly, forum; whence O. Fr. hustin, noise, clamor, quarrel.]
Sense 1. The principal court of the city of London, held before the lord mayor, recorder, and aldermen, the recorder being, however, in effect, the sole judge.
Sense 2. The place where an election of a member of Parliament is held; hence, the platform on which candidates stand in addressing those whom they would represent in Parliament.