shuck n Cp EDD ~ sb2 1 'a husk, shell.'
1 The cloth covering or case of a feather mattress.
M 69-5 [To prepare for the wake] the room was cleaned from top to bottom. Even the feathers were thrown out of the bed 'shuck.' These feathers were washed and dried, then put back again into the 'shuck.
2 The bottom or foot of a long rubber boot with the leg cut off; LUMP.
1972 MURRAY 112 For rough playing, especially 'in the beach,' 'shucks' (rubber waders cut off at the ankle) were favoured by many girls and boys.
3 Lumberman's leather mitten.
P 65-64 Skin shucks are skin mitts worn over woollen 'cuffs.' M 69-5 [He] is dressed in an old pair of lumberjack's pants, a lumberman's jacket, and he has skin shucks on his hands.
4 A shawl.
Q 73-4 Shawls [were] known as shucks.
