corn shuck
noun
US and Canadian
the husk of an ear of maize
Words nearby corn shuck
corn poppy,
corn rootworm,
corn rose,
corn salad,
corn shock,
corn shuck,
corn silk,
corn smut,
corn snake,
corn snow,
corn stack
Example sentences from the Web for corn shuck
The most practical substitute they could find for straw was the corn-shuck.
The Stronghold |Miriam HaynieWe had been wearing coal-scuttle bonnets of plaited straw, trimmed with corn-shuck rosettes.
Dixie After the War |Myrta Lockett AvaryThe men would take meal dough and fit it into a corn-shuck, tying the shucks tightly.
History of Morgan's Cavalry |Basil W. DukeIt don't matter a corn-shuck to us where we fight, so as it's soon.
True to the Old Flag |G. A. Henty