n. pl. [ OE. husting an assembly, coucil, AS. h&unr_;sting; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. h&unr_;s&unr_;ing; h&unr_;s home + &unr_;ing thing, assembly, meeting; akin to Dan. & Sw. ting, E. thing. See House, and Thing. ] 1. A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When the rotten hustings shake
In another month to his brazen lies. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hustled p. pr. & vb. n. Hustling ] [ D. hustelen to shake, fr. husten to shake. Cf. Hotchpotch. ] To shake together in confusion; to push, jostle, or crowd rudely; to handle roughly; as, to hustle a person out of a room. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To push or crows; to force one's way; to move hustily and with confusion; a hurry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leaving the king, who had hustled along the floor with his dress worfully arrayed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]