plural noun

1. Obsolete
   1. a deliberative assembly
   2. a court held in various English cities and still occasionally in London
   3. the platform in London Guildhall where such a court was formerly held
   4. the temporary platform where candidates for Parliament formerly stood for nomination and spoke
2. the proceedings at an election
3. any place where political campaign speeches are made
4. the route followed by a campaigner for political office

Etymology: ME husting < OE < ON hūsthing, lit., house council < hūs, a house + thing, assembly (see thing): orig., a lord's household assembly as distinct from a general assembly