hudd

plural hudds · alternative hud · alternative hude

1. historicalA portable wooden graveside shelter, typically resembling a sentry box, formerly used in England to protect the officiating clergyman from bad weather during a burial service.

   C18 panelled funeral hudd.

   1980, John Newman, “Ivychurch”, in West Kent and the Weald (The Buildings of England), Penguin Books, →ISBN

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   The funeral hudd is a piece of plain and practical joinery that is just about light enough to trundle out into the churchyard when needed.

   2010 September 2, Philip Wilkinson, “Brookland, Kent”, in English Buildings (blog), archived from the original on 20 Nov 2023

   While hudds are consigned to the history books thanks to the invention of the umbrella, they remain a fascinating link to our past and a welcome treat for travelling historians, churchgoers and tourists alike.

   2020 January 18, Kate Cherrell, “Hudds, Huds and Hudes: Graveside Shelters of Yesteryear”, in Burials & Beyond, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021

   St Augustine’s also contains […] a hudd […] This is a type of wooden shelter, similar to a sentry box, that was carried outside.

   2025 July, “Historic Churches of Romney Marsh”, in Winchelsea Parish Magazine, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025, page 32

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

1. University of Huddersfield, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.