shucking
Stripping outer layers
Shucking is removing the outer covering from something—corn from its husk, oysters or clams from their shells, peas from their pods: She spent the afternoon shucking oysters.
To shuck off clothing is to remove it quickly.
In African American vernacular, shucking and jiving means putting on a performance of exaggerated deference or evasion, originally as a survival strategy around white people.
Maize ear's central cylinder
- huskDry seed covering
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- kernelSeed or essential core
- maizeCob-bearing cereal crop
harvest · roast · boil · grill · butter · field · sweetcorn · crib
Sharp cutting utensil
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- bivalveTwo-shelled mollusk
beds · mignonette · horseradish · shucker · littlenecks · cherrystones · quahog · shooter
Dry seed covering
- bractLeaflike floral structure
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- hullOuter covering or frame
- shellHard outer covering
pod · seedcase · pericarp · kernel · winnowing · threshing · grain · legume
cob
Maize ear's central cylinder
maize · harvest · roast · boil · grill · butter · field · sweetcorn · crib · farmstand
knife
Sharp cutting utensil
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
bivalve · beds · mignonette · horseradish · shucker · littlenecks · cherrystones · quahog · shooter · slurp
husk
Dry seed covering
shell · pod · seedcase · pericarp · kernel · winnowing · threshing · grain · legume · peanut
steamers
Clams or cooking vessels
scallop · chowder · bake · clambake · softshell · hardshell · digging · bucket · seawater · purge
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- pickingAct of selecting
seasonal · migrant · piecework · sweat · handwork · repetitive · baskets · sorting · grading · processing
- extractingmining, drilling, juicing, pulling, yanking
- Chesapeake historyChesapeake Bay, watermen, blue crabs, oystering, crabbing
- Oystersoyster, oyster bed, oyster reef, oyster shell, oyster farm
- shellfish prepdebearding, purging, deveining, shell removal, beard trimming
- oysterbedoysters, shells, spat, reef, harvesting
- scallop fishingbay scallop, catch limit, season opener, quota system
- corn shuckingRemoving cob coverings
- shucking knifeTool for opening shellfish
- oyster shuckingOpening hinged sea shells
- shucking and jivingFeigned subservience for safety