[Fictionary] Hilding: Hutch wins!

[Hutch]

I thought surely everyone would recognize that as 'the (deformed)
bastard child of "gilding" and "barding"', as I put it to David
originally.

I don't have a word handy. But I'll have one out in about 24-25 hours.

BB,
Hutch

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On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 10:29 PM, David Randall
<withywindle at earthlink.net> wrote:
[snip]
> Hilding, n.  Ribbons, streamers and similar decorations depending (usu. from
> the bottom) from heraldic arms when displayed in motion, never when
> displayed stationary (e.g., on a wall).
>
> HUTCH: Judith (2) + Linda (2) + Eric (1) + Lawrence (1) + Pierre (1) +
> Jean-Joseph (1) = 8
>
> Lawrence: Ooh!  Use of the word "depend" in the rarely-used "hang down"
> sense! 1 point.
>
> Jean-Joseph: Sounds like some kind of bunting, but what the heck, one point.