rushbearing

English
Rushbearing procession at Long Millgate, Manchester painted by Alexander Wilson, 1821

Alternative forms

Etymology

rush +‎ bearing

Noun

rushbearing (plural rushbearings)

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